Today in 3 Panels, by Dean Mang-Wooley

Dean's mom and dad are stting together at the kitchen table. Dean's mom is sweating, and is putting a cold pack on her head. She says to Dean's dad: "This feels really good." Dean's dad replies: "It looks very good too. Mrs. Gumby."

Hot flash

Sep 22, 2008

Back in the saddle

Back in the saddle

May 29, 2016

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

Sunrise

Apr 18, 2016

Dean and their friend Joelle are drinking milkshakes together. Dean starts coughing. Joelle puts her hand on Dean's shoulder and asks: "You ok?" Dean stops coughing and says: "Yeah, I just cough when I drink cold things and hiccup when I drink hot things. Joelle puts her head on Dean's shoulder and says: "I like that you're such a sensitive person and you have such a sensitive system."

Sensitive system

Jul 25, 2016

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

Panel 1: Dean is turning compost with a pitchfork at night, looking sad. Panel 2: Dean leans on the pitchfork and starts crying, saying: "huh..huh...oh god..." Panel 3: close up of an unopened bottle of celexa, an antidepressant, with cobwebs all over it.

Adventures in pharmaceuticals II

Sep 11, 2008

Panel 1 image: Dean as a child looking toward the right with an awed expression. Panel 1 text: When I was really young, I had a very strong emotional response to Rick Moranis. Panel 2 image: 3 portraits of actor Rick Moranis portraying Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors; Doug McKenzie on SCTV; and Wayne Szalinsky in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Panel 2 text: Seeing him evoked a feeling that was simultaneously positive and negative--a mixture of reverence, recognition, and embarrassment. Panel 3 image: a portrait that is half Dean as a child, half Rick Moranis. Panel 3 text: I felt like we were the same person, living two different stages of the same life.

Rick Moranis

May 5, 2018

Panel 1 image: a car parked outside of ACAD. Panel 1 text: My little brother picked me up from school today. Panel 2 image: Dean loads their school supplies into the back seat of the car. Panel 2 text: Which is about as embarrassing as it sounds. Panel 3 image: Dean sits in the passenger seat of the car, looking out the window. Their brother Jordan is in the driver's seat. Panel 3 text: I NEED to get my friggin' license!

License shame

Oct 1, 2008

The comic is laid out like an instructional pamphlet. Panel 1 image: Dean is standing in a neutral position, facing the viewer. Panel 1 text: 1. Make eye contact. Panel 2 image: Dean looks down, surprised. Panel 2 text: 2. Look down suddenly. Panel 3 image: Dean looks at their cellphone with a puzzled look on their face. There is an arrow pointing to the cellphone with the words: "not on." Panel 3 text: 3. "check" cellphone. Repeat.

How to approach strangers, the Mang-Wooley way

Sep 3, 2008

Dean, aka Rita, describes what they observe at a church service. Image text reads: Staring at what looks like malignant melanoma on the neck of the woman in front of me. Listening to a surprisingly beautiful rendition of Ave Maria on the trombone. Watching a flash of light dance in time to the music.

One Sunday in Melville

Aug 3, 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

Back in the saddle

Back in the saddle

May 29, 2016