Book of Lael Contest Results!!! AND I did eventually binge watch Sleepy Hollow, in case you were worried. Also, I took a lot of showers. I really like showers.

Howdy, Everyone!

Here I present a real not live comic for you, but first...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the  Book of Lael CONTEST! And the winner is....M(r)s M3/PhD! You have won any item from my etsy shop!

In order of appearance the cutouts were inspired by:

Book of Durrow, f. 21v

Walters W.554 (9^th century Qur'ān manuscript), f. 27b and Walters W.554 (9^th century Qur'ān manuscript), f. 65a

Book of Dimma, f. 30r. The Evangelist Mark

Echternach Gospels, f. 18v

Lindisfarne Gospels, f. 26v

On to the comic!

Some of you may remember this comic from April of 2013 in which I went completely insane during a mini-staycation. A year and half later and things have not changed very much...

Some people asked me to make this, so I did. No comment to be offered.

In case you couldn't tell, most of my social media connections are 30-something liberals obsessed with British actors OR Maybe he should marry that girl who called him “Yummy”...

If you were out of the loop on that girl who called him yummy. ;-)

Also, I got a request to go old school with my style again, so thought I'd give it a shot today. :-)

Comic! 

--LJE

When I say "real numbers, "I'm not juxtaposing them with "imaginary numbers," but just saying I didn't totally make them up, but I kinda did do that...

Check out the February comic I reference here. Sure, those emails were just from Dr. A, but let's be honest. Not too much different from the rest anyway...

--LJE

I skipped the part at the end where I followed a film crew around for a week hoping to be an extra...

Comic! I experimented with oil pastels for the first time in years! It was fun and interesting!

Don't forget to check out my Etsy shop!

 --LJE

Guest Comics Week 2: Even the wildlife is sending me links...

Thanks to Carrie Price for ANOTHER beautiful guest comic! Even if it IS a bit teasing! ;-)

If you'd like to see the comics that sparked this one, click here, here, and here!

--LJE

Variations on a Theme [off the deep end]...OR This is not, I repeat, not fanfic...I do not write fanfic... :she says as she falls deeper down the rabbit hole...:

Howdy, Readers!

Some of the lines in today's comic are direct quotes, but I took a LOT of artistic license! Thanks, Dr. A and dr. ks for your contributions!  

***Call for Guest Comics***: Due to some upcoming events, I may be forced to take a few weeks off in May and June. If you'd like to help me out and draw a guest comic for me, I'd love it! Virtually anything is fine, actual comics or just drawings (as long as it isn't blatantly offensive and doesn't include too much colorful language). Your piece would need to be complete and submitted to me by May 1st. Send me an email at thebookoflael@gmail.com if you're interested! 

Ok, on to the comic! Scroll down for some images I ended up not using in this week's comic! 

Non-stop? I haven't seen it yet, but I'll tell you what was non-stop...(Note: This dude is not a patient. He just hangs out at the office while his wife is there.)

I only wish I could say this was the first time I'd drawn a cat vomiting in my comic. OR Lael, are you ever gonna draw Tom Hiddleston?

Maybe I should have drawn the line a few months ago when I had a dream about kissing a web comic character...OR You are an adult, Lael, what if you just went to bed when you're supposed to? Ya know, exercise self control?

To read/find out more about the items I mention in my comic today: 

• Questionable Content web comic by Jeph Jacques
• Blankets by Craig Thompson
• The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier

Oh, the Sherlock fan fic? Yeah, not telling you that one... Sorry!

Read Sam and Fuzzy by Sam Logan instead. Those archives will also suck you in...as will many other web comics! QC just has the distinction of being the first web comic that ever kept me up all night...

Happy Reading!

--Lael

PS. In completely unrelated news, check out the art of Matt Muirhead. I was so floored last night at his work on display at Mobtown Theater.