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foolish child

Dickens is in a one panel comic with a blue and orange background, they are talking to their friend. The friend makes a joke about sex. Dickens nervous laughs over hard on purpose, "in the key of ace"

Foolish Child #93: Asexuality

Awkward laughter in the key of “Ace.”

By Dickens
A drawing of Dickens in a green polo shirt against a pink background. Dickens is explaining to their friend, "I figured since my treadmill we be delivered soon, I might as well start learning some smoothie recipes to get my energy up"

Foolish Child #92: Blender

I heard buzzing. Are you two swapping “personal massage” war stories again?

By Dickens
In a two panel comic with a pink background, Dickens is working at a computer. Their friend comes up to them and says "Do you know your child is evil?" Dickens feigns surprise.

Foolish Child #91: Your Child IS Evil

“He pretended he didn’t know that you were gay — for laughs!”

By Dickens

Foolish Child #90: It’s Black History Month, I’m on Break

Are you asking me if I want to work more than just my regular work days? In Black History Month!?!

By Dickens
A small brown child sits on the couch with their aunt. The child is in a turquoise shirt and the aunt is in a green hoodie with a ponytail. She asks the child, "What do kids DO these days?"

Foolish Child #89: Child’s Play

“What is Gay/Straight Alliance?”

By Dickens
Dickens stares directly at the reader and asks, "Remember when I said "Happy New Year"? Scratch ALL That."

Foolish Child #87: It’s Sedition!

“Are you watching white supremacists storm the capitol while eating a bowl of popcorn??”

By Dickens
Sarai says, "I'm just happy not to be a Dildosaurus Rex anymore."

Foolish Child #87: Dildosaurus Rex

“Actually, I know all 100 species of dinosaur and that is not one of them.”

By Dickens
Two hand drawn dinosaurs are asking, why are they in fact dinosaurs? A baby Dino sits on one of their backs making cute noises.

Foolish Child #86: Dinosaurs

This child wouldn’t allow me to draw in peace unless I was drawing dinosaurs. It’s fine — I’ll just say something queer and relatable.

By Dickens
Dickens and their friend discuss the hot new queer film "Happiest Season." Dickens — repeating the famous Mariah Carey meme — declares, "I don't know her."

Foolish Child #85: Happiest Season

“ARE YOU F*CKING WITH ME AGAIN???”

By Dickens
A hand drawn panel of a bright blue sky, with queer people dancing in the street. One has a sign that says "Bye Don 202!" There's a rainbow above. One of Dickens' friends suggests that the group join the dancers. Dickens says, "If you can call that dancing."

Foolish Child #84: After the Storm

“I’m sorry. The last four years have just… destroyed my optimism.”

By Dickens
In a two panel hand-drawn comic, Dickens' next-door-neighbor comes over to ask if Dickens has a plan to vote. Dickens quickly shhhhs them, because they are afraid someone else is listening in.

Foolish Child #83: Election Anxiety

One can never be too careful in 2020…

By Dickens
Dickens and their friends discuss their attraction for a certain child's television star, but who it is remains a mystery... for now.. (Three hand drawn characters of color talking against a green background in a two panel comic)

Foolish Child #82: It’s the Imaginary Blue Dog for Me

“I know y’all not in here watching Blue’s Clues like it’s porn. Bunch of weirdos.”

By Dickens
In a two-panel drawn comic, Dickens and a friend sit together on a couch against a green background. The friend asks Dickens, "Can I ask you a highly personal question? Do you consider yourself gay? lesbian? queer?" In response, Dickens jokes "Oh, Thank Helena" in reference to the TV show Warehouse 13.

Foolish Child #81: Labels

“I don’t know. I can’t keep up with all the rules and definitions and the gatekeep-iness.”

By Dickens
In a two panel comic, Dickens child asks if they can play outside again, to which they respond that it is "105 degrees and raining ash in California." In the second panel, Dickens and their partner stand outside and watch the orange skies of Northern California. Their partner says "The movies always made the apocalypse seem... obvious. This is just... Wednesday."

Foolish Child #80: It Never Ends

Well yes. It turns out the apocalypse creeps on you slowly, starting oh — in about March 2020, who would’ve guessed?

By Dickens
Two Panels from this weeks "Foolish Child" in which Dickens decides to go outside to get a break from racist comments online, only to run into a a racist white man in real life who parodies the same comments found online.

Foolish Child #79: Comply

“I really don’t need to be in my house simmering over the racist comments on violence against Black people.”

By Dickens
A hand drawn cartoon of three friends, split into three panels, where two Black friends joke with their non-Black friend about how nervous people get when Black people joke about race.

Foolish Child #78: We Got Jokes

“You know I can’t tell when you’re making Black people jokes!”

By Dickens
Cartoon of the artist, Dickens, discussing Black Lives Matter with two white strangers. The first white stranger makes a joke that the Black t-shirt she's wearing with Black Lives Matter on it is "so slimming" the second stranger erroneously compares statistics of white vs. Black victims of police brutality.

Foolish Child #77: Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Trend

What’s the point in arguing with a world that will always devalue Black skin?

By Dickens

Foolish Child #76: You Don’t Need to Justify Your Grief

“What right do I have to feel grief over this? It’s not my loss.”

By Dickens

Foolish Child #75: The Instructions Are Right There, People

Trying to erase the past doesn’t HELP Black folks.

By Dickens

Foolish Child #74: Karens Don’t Get It

“Karen” is a whole conversation about: white fragility, white privilege, white women weaponizing their tears against Black people when we don’t comply.

By Dickens

Foolish Child #73: All Houses Matter

You’re not worth my energy nor the years being shaved off my life from the stress of having to defend My Humanity.

By Dickens
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