Rats. There’s a word that goes here, right at the top of the newsletter, but I can’t remember it. Help? No. Helicopter? When you’re greeting someone, you say. . . something. What’s the word? It’s on the tip of my. . . what is it? Tonsils?
Tonsils to you, Toonstronauts, and welcome to another installment of Toonstack. It’s me, Sofia, here to ask: you ever feel like all the mortar between your brain bricks has dried up and flaked out of your ears, and now all your brain bricks are just sort of grinding on one another, clay on clay no buffer?
It’s not your fault. Your brain mason was shoddy as hell. I can’t fix it, but I can offer you this in memoriam, of sorts, for all the bits of brain bricks we’ve lost along the way. This week’s theme is FORGOT, so surge forth, read on, and embrace your perpetual present.
Navied Mahdavian
What if we're actually Sims, and when you walk into a room and don't remember why you went in there, it's because the player canceled the action.
And if we are Sims, why is my house so small?
Hilary Campbell
One of the scariest things to me is having to return to the grocery store five minutes after you left. It feels like I walk in with a dunce cap. Like I have to apologize to everyone for existing, explain which item I forgot, make some self deprecating joke about what a dumb idiot I am, all in hopes to win the check out lady over and not have her think “oh god she’s back.”
Amy Kurzweil
As discussed in my new nonfiction bestseller, What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Elephants.
Asher Perlman
I know I came into this newsletter to write something, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.
Kendra Allenby
So annoying when you forget your keys, but hopefully you didn't bring a tricksy garden gnome into the mix. I really like this cartoon. Editors did not. One called it 'creepy.'
Kyle Bravo
I don’t think remembering is something you can do any better by trying any harder. Is it?
Lynn Hsu
In classic Ron Popeil style, I've mastered the 'Set it and forget it' approach to laundry. Nothing compares to the dread of opening the washer and discovering a dank, musty, twisted horror scene. Each time, I restart the wash and vow to do better, only to find myself repeating the same ghastly mistake in an endless cycle of laundry terror.
Lindsey Budde
Of all the packages that are delivered to my NYC walkup apartment everyday, 50% of them are stolen (which may be a dramatic number, but that is what is feeeels like). 40% are claimed within the same day, and 10% sit at the bottom of the building's stairs in perpetuity...
Jared Nangle
I think I'm quite good with names so that look in people's eyes when they realize they have no clue what my name is can be rough. Every time they call me "dude" or "man" afterwards it hurts more and more.
Polly Adams
Plot twist: the whole three second memory thing is a myth. Goldfish actually have nice little brains. They can remember faces, sounds, and where the food gets dropped in. Next time you see one, be nice to it. Okay? They can’t afford therapy in real life.
Pipe this straight into your brain hole:
Sign up for Ellis Rosen’s new(ish) newsletter! It has lots of cartoons and discussions about cartoons and the biz (Short for business.)
Amy Kurzweil’s graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, is available now. Amy teaches cartoon classes on Patreon! Sign up now to get the recording of every past class.
Hilary Campbell releases Cartoons by Hilary every Friday!
Jason Chatfield has a new book out this spring called You’re Not a Real Dog Owner Until… preorder it now!
Polly shares memoir comics and cartoons on the Poop Scoop, her semi-regular Substack.
See more cartoons by Lynn Hsu @loopyline!
Kyle Bravo has a Patreon, a Substack, and cartoon zines for sale on his Etsy.
Sign up for Kendra Allenby's online drawing class in May: Approachable Anatomy.
Save the date: Suerynn Lee and
will be hosting a drawing happy hour on April 22nd. Details to come!Finally: TMZ is reporting that Sofia is in talks with herself about resurrecting her Substack, You’re Doing Great. Sources close to Sofia say it will be “better than ever” and that anyone with half a brain brick would “subscribe right away.”
Thanks for reading!
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