Posts by Lisa Sinicki
Harry Potter and my new poster
My friend, Anny Rusk, asked me to make a poster of my demons for an auction at DePaul University’s “Harry Potter and the Pop Culture Conference” that will benefit the Harry Potter Alliance. Anny is the founder of The Patronuses, which is the Chicago chapter of the HPA. I have a few extra if anyone wants them. They are…
Read MoreAnd no one even smoked in our house…
This is a two-panel comic.
Read MoreBoBo Wilkes- Sensitive Narcissist
I spent a week at the Sequential Artists Workshop learning from cartoonist Laura Park. I got really excited about this project and started thinking, wouldn’t it be fun to turn lots of my friends’ bad date stories into cartoons? Let me know if you’d like to contribute. I’m thinking Big Book of Bad Boyfriends. Or maybe…
Read MoreLess Evolved Than We Think
I’ve been trying to check my email less often lately and it’s hard. I’m afraid I’ll miss something important or keep someone waiting. I tell myself that by checking email frequently, I’m being responsive and responsible. But perhaps that’s not it at all. Perhaps it’s just the way I’ve been trained. This is a two-panel comic.
Read MoreCommunicating in Code
The night before my mother’s PET Scan I watched my parents bicker. Their spoken words were about an old family friend’s dog. Their tones, harsh. But after 50 years of observation, I’ve cracked their code. Their impatience and annoyance are a mask. What they are really feeling is fear. I roll my eyes at the…
Read MoreThe Girl Under the Bookcase (graphic memoir, part 1)
Everyone has a moment of shame and humiliation that they revisit now and then. A place they go back to whenever they’ve done something they wish they hadn’t. For me, that big moment occurred late in the fall of 1979 when I was 15 years old. What made this moment so memorably awful was two-fold.…
Read MoreThe Girl Under the Bookcase (Part 2)
You’re probably wondering how Carlie had become so important to me so quickly. Quite simply, just like I’d done with P, I’d instantly made Carlie into my savior, my world. Before Carlie and I had become friends, I’d always liked her—even envied her. We hadn’t gone to the same school until this year, but we…
Read MoreThe Girl Under the Bookcase (Part 3)
The events that led up to my unfortunate decision went like this: First, Carlie started to make plans that didn’t include me. I didn’t understand what was happening, couldn’t remember anything specific that I’d done. The story that I told myself was that it had to do with the fact that I’d become increasingly depressed…
Read MoreThe Girl Under the Bookcase (Part 4)
From what I remember, I spent the rest of that day alone, avoiding my classmates, hiding my shame. I wanted to go home sick, but I didn’t dare. I felt bad enough already. As I walked to my next class, I waited for the inevitable teasing. I new what to expect: ostracized. Excommunicated. Banished.I would…
Read MoreChronic Overthinker’s Vacation Day 1
A chronic overthinker’s vacation is anything but relaxing. I don’t know about you, but my Demons come with me on vacation–which means I don’t get a minute of peace. Does this happen to you? This is a single-panel comic.
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