Em oi! #307: That’s Not My Name

This one has an odd layout, but I’m pleased by the art. I don’t mean to sound mean to anyone who has referred to me as “Mrs. Metrish” or to those who gave us gifts addressed to “Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Metrish.”  I understand the intention, I do.  It’s just a personal problem of mine, [...]

Em oi! Sketchbook: Reader, I Married Him

I’m posting this a little early, but it shouldn’t go live until tomorrow.  I drew this for the back of the wedding program. We’re getting hitched in 18 hours (from the time I am posting this, anyway).

Em oi!#306: That Foucault Guy

I drew this comic on Sunday, but it took me until today to actually get it colored and uploaded (I inked it on St. Patrick’s Day, hence the date).  It is probably no surprise that I am busy since we are getting married in approximately 48 hours. I might have a comic up Saturday morning, [...]

#305: How I Feel About Writing

Bryan’s comment about this was hilarious.  Unfortunately, it’s also unprintable, especially because my mom reads this comic. Hi, Mom! I am getting married in a week.  And I have some homework about using controlled Medical Subject Headings (MeSh) to search PubMed/Medline.  Everything is so exciting.  I think I spent a hundred dollars today and 70 [...]

#304: The Meaning of Wife (book review)

Once I was reading an interview with Daniel Defert about Foucault’s last days, and he said this: Deux jours après l’enterrement, j’entre dans un café, je croise un journaliste que je connaissais un peu. Il me regarde, absolument sidéré. Comme un objet d’effroi. Je comprends son regard. Je découvre, là, brutalement, que j’étais, à Paris, [...]

#303: Playing it Safe

The idea of language being a kind of veil between you and reality is discussed by Nietzsche in “On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense.” Foucault talks about language and reality in most of his books. The one that comes to mind is The Birth of the Clinic, mostly because he talks about doctors [...]