What's a potato's least favorite day of the week?
You're my favorite proper noun.
Hi there! Am I the only person at this point in the pandemic who realizes I have ZERO PANTS that fit properly? And yet the *last* thing I wanna do is spend my precious little life in a dressing room, so I guess I'm ill-fitted 'til 2022.
Fast recs:
- The new issue of BITTER SOUTHERNER features a cover story about Michael Stipe. Order it now and grab something from the BS store; this publication needs to stick around.
- Season 2 of THE OTHER TWO was perfect, and it's coming back to HBO Max for Season 3.
- I finally started watching THE HANDMAID'S TALE, and I can't stop. It's darker than a 12-foot hole, but it's also invigorating and occasionally includes a well-chosen '80s track.
- Conan had a lovely podcast tribute to Norm Macdonald.
- Someone made a Spotify playlist of Rolling Stone's new list of the 500 best songs of all time. It's 35 hours long!
- The immortal Dean Haspiel just launched the final season of his beloved free webcomic THE RED HOOK. Read 'n' heart Season 5: PTSD (Post-Traumatic Superhero Disorder). Catch up with seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Watch the trailer for Mike Mills' C'MON C'MON starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gabby Hoffman and a short scene from Sean Baker's RED ROCKET starring Simon Rex.
I'm excited to be participating in this year's Gowanus Open Studios Oct. 16-17! If you're in Brooklyn, stop by the space I share with artists Dean Haspiel and Jason Goungor to chat and (maybe?) buy stuff. Bring friends, masks and unbridled curiosity.
Thanks for reading my diary comics and supporting me at patreon.com/whitneymatheson. Say hello at whitmath@gmail.com. Read nine of these newsletters, and you get the 10th one free.
I'll be your funhouse mirror,
Hamburger Mary
"As September rolls into October, I become obsessed with apples.
Now obviously this is provoked by the ripening fruit
clustering on the trees in our orchard, but it is as though
all things pomological ripen in me, too."
- Monty Don
My short kids' book WE MAKE COMICS is now in print! Buy/order a copy of ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS: VOL. 1 from your favorite bookseller, and you'll find WE MAKE COMICS in the back. It's also available digitally on Epic.
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