Elephant in the Room Comic Transcript Boot is in a small cramped room with a grey elephant that looks uncomfortably wedged in. Boot: Are you Fear Based Decision Making? Elephant: Yeah. Boot: Sorry to be rude, but I wish you weren't here. It's crushing me. Elephant: Yeah, on the savanna I was "Cares About Others," but it's so crowded here, I've changed.

There are Other Ways to Grow, Comic Transcript A brown boot with round laces and curved leather is talking to us. Boot: Facing death can change you. Makes you grow in way you never imagined. Lots of traumatic experiences are like that and there is no shame in surviving horrible stuff. Boot sits in silence. Boot: But I still wouldn't seek trauma. Boot: There are other ways to grow.

There are Other Ways to Grow, Comic Transcript A brown boot with round laces and curved leather is talking to us. Boot: Facing death can change you. Makes you grow in way you never imagined. Lots of traumatic experiences are like that and there is no shame in surviving horrible stuff. Boot sits in silence. Boot: But I still wouldn't seek trauma. Boot: There are other ways to grow.

Vitamin Connection Comic Transcript Boot (a brown boot with round laces and curved leather) is being playfully pounced by Bunson Hoppydew (a pink bunny, he likes dancing friendship and cake). Boot: Bunson, you're an excellent source of Vitamin C. Bunson: Is it because I eat a lot of carrots? Boot: I mean Vitamin Connection. Bunson: The best vitamin. We see an orange with a single leaf attached to the stem. Orange: I'm not very good at hugs.

At Ease Comic Transcript A brown boot with round laces and curved leather is talking to us. Boot: Not everything gets easier with practice. Boot sits in silence. Boot: But with practice you can be, at ease with yourself.

Webcomic. Boot: I didn't always take in the best foods. Boot: Lots of Can'ts, Shouldn'ts, Not Good Enoughs, Don't Deserves, Get Over Its... lots of negatives. Boot: I'm trying to eat more Cans, Wants, Wills, Worth Its and supportives. Boot: It's not always easy, but we are what we eat.

New Designs in the Things Redbubble Store!

I’m pleased to share with you the latest Thingly offerings on my Redbubble Store, now you can get The Many Faces of the Things in black and white or brown and blue!

Aaaand! Given how much fun different colored backgrounds can be, the Many Faces of Boot design is now available with a green background!

It’s been so interesting creating designs for a very different medium, I hope these can bring you some festive fun!

Survive Comic transcript Boot: When I was younger, anger and sadness kept me alive. Love was too impossible and made feelings too intense anyway. When I got older that embarrassed me ... and now that I'm even older still I say “you smart young boot, you stayed alive. You worked to be responsible with your anger and you lived... There is no shame in your sadness and anger. No shame staying alive out of spite. You survived. You held on And got us here. And I am glad.
Celebrate Beauty Comic Transcript Bunson: I think you're beautiful Boot: What? Why would you say that? Bunson: Because it's true! Boot: What does beauty mean to you? Bunson: I like how you focus on stuff dn do stuff. When you zoom you zoom. When you spend time with me you spend time with me. Bunson: It's lovely and pretty. Bunson: Boop! Bunson frolicks away Boot: Beautiful... lovely ... pretty...
Boot Meditation Comic Transcript Boot: I didn't believe in meditation, so I didn't do it. Boot: Then I looked at the research and noticed meditation didn't need my belief to be helpful. Just my attention. Boot: So I meditate most days. Boot: Not that meditation cares. 
Boot: I like it.
Image of characters around a globe, it says The World is an Amazing Place

The World is an Amazing Place