Little Ones: Cartoons by Liana Finck

by Liana Finck · May 18, 2016

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Liana Finck’s first graphic novel, A Bintel Brief, was published by Ecco Press. Her cartoons and comics appear in The New Yorker, The Toast, The Forward, and Lilith Magazine.


26 Comments

  1. typewriterandgramophone +56

    The palm tree one is all of us this week, methinks. (Please tell me someone else is going to pick “Little Ones” up!)

    1. shellygrrl +28

      I hope someone picks it up, too! Or that Liana will set up a blog for it.

      1. snowqueene +12

        Thank you for this heads up! I will miss these so. We should link on Toastcrumbs Reddit.

        1. RogerThatShrub +5

          Is there going to be a reddit page? Is that official?? (‘Toastcrumbs’ is an awfully adorable name for it!)

  2. sausagedog +15

    Ahh, these are so good. Those final three are… quite applicable to life.

  3. vmartinipie +22

    First one made me produce a sound I can only call a “guffaw.” <3 little ones!

  4. damskdrednwhite +26

    The second to last is both my academic career metaphorically and Victor Frankenstein’s academic career literally

    1. larsgarvey +18

      I feel like beyond the wonderful humor, there’s actually a lot to unpack with this one.

  7. littleinfinity

    Certainly, the dog's belief that she is "bad" or unworthy by nature explains why she doesn't think she deserves therapy ("should get off the couch"); however, she makes no effort to actually get off the couch, suggesting that while her habit of negative self-talk reflects her need to punish herself, it ultimately fails to spur her toward any meaningful long-term change.

    Source: IT ME

  8. Noora +11

    1) Create a monster
    2) Run

    Thats exactly what I imagine having kids would be like.

  9. kinglearest

    The snake one, I made a noise usually reserved for babies doing something heartbreakingly adorable.