Archive - Love letters from dz

Mind-melting bureaucracy

I’ve spent the last couple weeks trying to set up comprehensive ads and tracking for one of my clients, and outside of the fact that my technological…

Apr 19

February 2024

Welcome to Should-Free Saturdays

Five or six winters ago, I was having my usual mid-life identity crisis and trying to solve it by hiding under blankets. Turns out, this is not the best…

Feb 3

January 2024

I am a being of pure light and joy

I’ve been working on and off for a few years now on a project that’s about discovering your self-worth while living in, and attempting to survive…

Jan 8

October 2023

Boobless and empathic on the internet

I don't yet fear the robots taking over, or the singularity, in my lifetime, but good lord, answering these questions showed me what I do fear: that…

Oct 30, 2023

New mini-comic: A guide to NYC honking

I had guests visiting me here in NYC recently, who commented on how startling all the honking is, especially in Manhattan. I hadn't thought about it in…

Oct 4, 2023

September 2023

Praying for bugs and the circle of life

Elton, can you hear me?

Sep 8, 2023

August 2023

When you watch your crush melt in front of your face

I get ridiculously-sized crushes on people all the time, and since I much prefer to live in my own happy little head than actually pursue authentic…

Aug 26, 2023

May 2023

Your ego is ruining your activism (and you)

I was hanging out with my friend Tom, best-selling author & comics mentor extraordinaire, last week, and we returned to a conversation that we've been…

May 17, 2023

Last week, I was out and about with one of my homies in Berlin, and we were discussing the current state of American culture wars around gender and…

May 4, 2023

February 2023

Well, shoot, then. Might as well post an actual post!

There's a metaphor in here about experiments leading to action or resolution or something, but I'm too brain-fried to figure it out.

Feb 25, 2023

Sorry for the app spam!

As you were, everyone! As you were!

Feb 24, 2023

September 2022

New question: what's your secret hustle?

Ever since I was a little kid, I knew that I couldn’t “make a living” being a writer or drawer of things. That, combined with the fact that I have the…

Sep 8, 2022

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