Am Tag als Michael Jackson starb

Wir machen Familienbetriebsferien.

Unser Freund und großartiger Kollege crippaXXXalmqvist setzt sich ins Pförtnerhäuschen und übernimmt die Urlaubsvertretung. Er kramt in unseren Geschäftspapieren und in seinem Langzeitgedächtnis. 

Vielen Dank für diesen wunderbaren Strip.

Am Tag als Michael Jackson starb

- "Hej Anna! Du und Netti, ihr seid jetzt zusammen?"

- "Oh! Jaaa, sind wir..."

- "Rawk'n'Rowl!"

- "...oder anders gesagt, er ist meine bittere Hälfte."

- "Wie bidde?!"

- "Ich bin nicht verbittert, ich beklag mich nur gerne."

- "Nörgel nörgel nörgel"

Nicht alle Menschen

Not all People
- "Mom?" "You and dad make mistakes sometimes, right?
- "Yes, that's true." "All people make mistakes sometimes."
- "No... just you and dad."

Nie allein

Never Alone
- "Mom?"
- "Yes?" 
- "Would you rather be alone?"
- "Yes"
- "Aha."
- "Sigh."

Prrrrrrrt!!

Prrrrrrrt!!
- "What's that sound?"
- "That's the neighbor farting." 
- "That's the neighbor farting?"
- "Yep"
- "But that's loud!"
- "I know right?!"

Liebe Periode

Dear Period
- "Fuck You."
- "Listen up Period. I had a child. That worked out fine and I'm very grateful for that." 
- "But enough is enough."
- "Goodbye!!"
- "I know a bunch of women who are upset about the fact that their menopause has begun- why don't you visit them.
- BUT I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE!

Krieg und Frieden

War and Peace
- This isn't the first time.
- I'm doing something really mundane.
- And I make a weird connection.
- I'm cutting off the borders of my son's bread.
- And I think: these are the borders of Europe.
- When I throw them away I get a feeling of satisfaction.
- You know?
- Close the garbage bag. In the container. Gone.
- "Waaaaaaaah! I want the borders!!!!"
- "NO you don't!!!"
- "Do." 
- "But now they're gone."
- "Let me check."
- "Aaaaaaaargh!!!"

Verstecken

ON EVENINGS - I am a parent. Let me explain what that is. I spend a good many evenings at home and less evenings out. It's a common phenomenon: I can count on a few friends that live nearby that are parents too. They are at home too. Sometimes we meet and conspire. We trade secrets and tricks, we drink wine and invent reasons to be laid-back. I drink fast because I don't have a lot of time. Once I would have had the whole night to finish a drink. On my way home (and on my way to bed) the daylight might have shown first signs of taking the night's place. To think that that was my only curfew. My son just barely waits for daybreak to leave his bed in the mornings and as a consequence evenings are now brief installments. Sentences need to be written down and read back later or else forgotten forever. I want to be in bed in time. And I desperately need my son to be in bed in time. So I can quickly do something adult and then  go to bed too.

Hiding
- "Quick, come in. He's not asleep yet."
- "And don't let him see you!!"
- "Mo-o-o-om!!!"
- "Go lie back down.
- <step> <step> <step>
- "Someone visiting? Where?"
- "Go back to bed darling, that was a dream."

Klopf klopf

Knock Knock
- "NAK NAK"
- "Who's there?"
- "NAK NAK"
- "Nak Nak who?
- "NAK NAK NAK NAK"   
- "Ha ha ha ha."
- "That's not funny."

Erdnussbutter

Peanut Butter

- "Peanut butteeeeer!"
- "Chocolate Miiiiiilk!"

- "French Frieeeeeeeees!!!"
- "Junk Food Nightmare"

Sachen Benennen

Naming Things

- "That man also has teeth!"
- "Yes, all people have teeth."

- "Mom too?"
- "Yes."
- "Me too?"
- "Yes."
- "Hello."
- "That woman has..."    
- "That woman is the cashier."
- "Mom too?."
- "Me too?."

Feuerwehrfrau Oma

Firefighter Grandma

- "Granny airplane have to land."
- "Granny repair!"

- "But I don't even have a driver's license."

Halt dich an deiner Liebe fest

Der Winter soll ja ein Comeback erleben, sagt uns der Wetterbericht. Wir haben uns deshalb durch unser Archiv gewühlt
und schnell noch eine passende Geschichte rausgesucht. Dieses mal vier ganze Seiten statt wie sonst nur vier Bilder.
An langen Winterabenden braucht man ja mehr Lesestoff.
Das war der allererste Comic den Anna über ein gemeinsames Abenteuer von uns beiden gezeichnet hat!
Veröffentlicht 2010 in der großartigen Jubiläumsausgabe des RENATE Comicmagazins.

Hold onto your Love
Page 2:
- "Are you holding onto me tightly? Yes? You sure?" 
-Oh no, she can't hear him, nor can she feel whether he's holding on...
Page 3:
- And they're flying.
- "What's that?" 
Page 4:
- "Oops."
-  "OH GREAT!!"
- "You weren't holding onto me!!" 
- "But when you're in a car you don't hold onto the driver either, do you? You strap yourself to the seat with the seat belt.
- "Gotcha. In that case, "vroom vroom".
- "Vroooooombrrrr Brrrrrrrrr".

Pink

Pink

- "Are those the clothes you are sorting out?"
- "They're all pink!"

- "I know,"

-"I don't want my daughter to wear too much pink..."

- "That totally fits. These will look very emancipated on my son."

Er spricht

He Speaks

Nuckel

Pacifier

Deeskalationsmaßnahme

Konzentration

Wiener Würstchen

Eine Ja-Umgebung schaffen

Creating a Yes-Environment

- "Rubber boots..."
- "...rain overalls"

- "...and a hat... right, we're all set then."

- "Guten Appetit!!"

Nicht von uns!

Not from Us!

- "Eat" "Eat" "Eat"
- "Please?"

- "He said "Please"."

-"He must've picked that up at daycare."