Today in 3 Panels, by Dean Mang-Wooley

Panel 1 image: a dead bumblebee on a sidewalk. Panel 1 text: I've seen dead bees on the sidewalks since June. Panel 2 image: a live bumblebee stumbling on the ground, flapping its wings. Panel 2 text: Most of the live ones I see don't fly, but hobble around like they've had a stroke. Panel 3 text (no image): I am terrified of what this might mean.

Bees

Sep 5, 2008

"Is it too much to ask for a normal public transit experience?"

Impatience

May 8, 2016

Dean is in class. One of their classmates says: "saying that our notion of beauty is a 'white' notion of beauty...that's like...comparing a garden with a dump." Dean angrily whips their head around to face their classmate and thinks: "What the FUCK?"

Classroom racism

Sep 19, 2008

Dean and Jordan are talking to each other in their living room. Dean says: "imagine if cats had hands like ours." Jordan replies: "Ew." Dean says: "Or! Imagine if they had faces like ours, but everything else was the same." Jordan replies: "No!" Dean imagines a cat with a man's face and says: "Just imagine it for a second."

Cat hands

Aug 29, 2008

Panel one image: a person with an under bite and a person with an over bite try to kiss each other. Panel one text: "I was going to draw about something interesting today...(imagining strangers with orthodontic problems kissing)." Panel two image: an x-ray of a person's head and neck. The back of the head is cracked. Panel two text: "but I've got a headache so bad I want to puke." Panel three image: two dogs barking loudly. Panel three text: "And it only gets worse."

Migraine

Aug 15, 2008

Dean is working as a cashier at a cafe. They have a new haircut. A regular customer approaches Dean and says: "I like your haircut. Do you feel brave today?" Dean says: "I don't know. I feel like the haircut is more daring than I am." The customer replies: "That's great. Now you can live into that daring."

Bravery

Jul 5, 2015

Dean is sitting across from their friend David in a restaurant, holding their wallet in one hand. Their wallet is bulging with receipts. David says: I love your fat wallet. Dean says: I can't make it any thinner. David says: Those are load-bearing receipts.

Fat wallet

Jun 1, 2018

Dean is watching the news with their family. Panel 1: the newscaster on TV says: "Large Hadron Collider..." Panel 2: The TV shows a simulation of what would happen if a black hole opened up on Earth. The Earth's crust is crumbling and the core is exposed. Panel 3: Close up of Dean's face. They are sweating with fear.

Doom

Sep 10, 2008

Dean, their dad, and their brother Jordan are all carrying water bottles at a tennis court. Dean's dad squints at his water bottle and says: "Do either of yours have floaties?" Dean and Jordan both answer: "No..." Jordan then says: "They probably came from the bottle, 'cause it kinda stank..." There is a note at the top of the comic page that says: "Jordan filled the water bottles."

Floaties

Aug 24, 2008

Dean and Jordan are talking to each other in their living room. Dean says: "They should make a movie with Michael Caine and Maggie Smith as a brother-sister crime-fighting duo!" Jordan adds: "Disguised as butlers!"

Pitching a script

Aug 30, 2008

"Is that the sunrise?" "It's beautiful" "Maybe someday I'll see it without staying up all night."

Sunrise

Apr 18, 2016

Dean is sitting at a computer, working on an animation. They think to themself: I just drew the same thing 60 times. And 2 hours have mysteriously disappeared.

Animation vortex

Sep 27, 2008