First, a nature report.
On the occasion of the end of the semester:
I’m still trying to figure out this newsletter might look like and be. How much to write? How much to draw? I’m pretty sure I want to include a regular section about a creator who inspires me.
This week’s inspiration: Parisa Karami
I am inspired by Parisa Karami’s charming, hilarious, quirky, and ILLUSTRATED collaboration with Emma Brewer recently published at McSweeney’s: Popular Pets Ranked By How Much They Will Disrupt Your Sex Life.
OMG, this FERRET:
And this cat!
I met Parisa on Instagram a while back, and it has felt like an old-school art connection with late-night DMs and snail-mail exchanges of our books. Parisa has created these amazing are-they-paintings-or-are-they-comics-how-are-they-both mini-graphic-memoirs. They are smart, funny, poetic, poignant, and so fun to look at:
Learn more about Parisa Karami at her website and follow her on Instagram.
I love everything about every bit of this!
I love the inclusion of a creator who inspires you because we are then introduced to someone new, too!! 😁