Comics by Anne Emond

August 5, 2011 7:17 AM

Comiques is a comic about "life's little trivialities" by Anne Emond. Her main subjects are her family, cat, friends, New York City and random musings. It is mostly drawn from life though her work sometimes tends towards the fantastic. Here is a short video interview with her which also features some candid shots of her cat and here's a longer interview on more technical matters. Finally, here are some random favorites: Pug, Celebrity Look-alike Generator, Irrational Rage Comic, Umbrella, Writing a Detective Story?, The Best Karamazov, Ode to the Avocado, Top of the Morning to You and The Day I Realized I've Never Tried to Dress My Cat in People Clothes.
posted by Kattullus (15 comments total)

That Celebrity Look-alike one hits very close to home for me. Please god, kill Moby. Do it soon. Thank you. Sorry.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 7:32 AM on August 5, 2011

Wow, she's great! Also this one makes me yet again wonder why there do not exist any combination bar-and-laundromats.
posted by griphus at 7:33 AM on August 5, 2011

Actually, griphus, Checkpoint Charlie's in Nola would have you covered. At least, it would have when I lived there years and years ago.
posted by Kitteh at 7:38 AM on August 5, 2011

I really liked this, thanks for posting it!

Also yeah, there are a couple bar/laundromats out there.
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 7:51 AM on August 5, 2011

Wow. I just moved to NYC, and she captures almost every single experience I've had in the past two weeks. Seriously, it's actually kinda creepy we both spent Memorial Day hungover in a tent. The Greenpoint chicken slaughter and laundromat things, too. Weird.
posted by lunalaguna at 7:53 AM on August 5, 2011

I meant to add that I like these; they're like New Yorker cartoons, but less smug.
posted by Kitteh at 8:06 AM on August 5, 2011

I started out, as I do, comparing her to other female webcartoonists--Kate Beaton, Lucy Knisley--but she got me with "Depression at the Laundromat." Just about everyone at every laundromat that I've ever used does look like they're withdrawing from Wellbutrin and on the verge of saying fuck it and going back on.
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:20 AM on August 5, 2011

I'm a serial mystery reader, and I recognized every one of the "writing a detective story" characters.
posted by immlass at 8:21 AM on August 5, 2011

Neat! Her art style actually reminds me a lot of Allison Bechdel's.
posted by Greg Nog at 8:27 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Wow, she's great! Also this one makes me yet again wonder why there do not exist any combination bar-and-laundromats.

Madison and/or Milwaukee had one back in the 80s, as I recall.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:55 AM on August 5, 2011

Oh, I really like these. Thanks for sharing!
posted by Windigo at 8:58 AM on August 5, 2011

There was a bar/laundromat in Champaign, Illinois in the early nineties called either Suds and Duds or Duds and Suds; it was convenient to my first apartment there, but the beer selection was nothing special.
posted by Halloween Jack at 9:11 AM on August 5, 2011

thanks for posting-- I really like this, and I probably never would have come across it otherwise.
posted by tuesdayschild at 9:15 AM on August 5, 2011

I like her recurring, extremely fat cat.
posted by everichon at 9:16 AM on August 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

And her well-founded reverence for buttered toast.
posted by everichon at 11:08 AM on August 5, 2011