12 years old?
You mean I have to wait 8 MORE YEARS! AAAAGH!

Great little story, very elegantly and wittily told. MORE!

The math was more like; my 4 year old drama queen daughter+8years = 12years

Glad to hear that your husband may or may not take advantage of his Constitutional rights ;)

I really liked your art style and the way you told the story. Very well done!

I love it.
Really great story, well-told, love the art. So glad to have you aboard here at ACT-I-VATE.

Looking forward to more of your work!

Can I print this to put up in my home???? In residence: One 17-year old female + one fifteen-year old female + one perimenopausal female....does it ever REALLY end?

ACT-I-VATE on weekends? SPLENDID IDEA!

Watercress was a fun little story with an unexpected ending. I like the bold and be-speckled art style too.

Peter

these are all characters i don't care about.

HA HA HA!

"Even the pervert?"
Hilarious.

i liked the clerk who made the sandwich.

I love "alternative" and "autobiographical" comics, so that's my angle, and I have to hand it to Act-i-vate for finding room for me. I think comics are at a really exciting moment in this country, ready for the contribution of crossover styles and for the voices of women.

I loved it! Great art style and can't we all relate to the sad ending for the watercress.

Congratulations on your wonderful son. I wish my own Mom were online.

I really liked this. Reminded me of Lynn Johnston's early For Better or Worse stuff, before it got a syrupy and sentimental. I also like being able to read a big chunk all at once. How often will you be posting?

I love the drawing here, especially the lovely textures, the way they help every aspect of the composition integrate into an indissoluble whole. And I'm always a fan of a pointy nose. The storytelling is great, too - I particularly liked the arch dialogue. A nice comic to read any time, but especially nice on a weekend full of food and eating. Thanks for this!

MY BRAIN HAS A BIG GRIN ON THE INSIDE NOW. Ok, no more big caps. But seriously, i'm so happy you're a part of activate. What a nice surprise, i had no idea someone new was joining us. :D!!

Welcome to AIV and thanks for the great story.
How to eat a sandwich and avoid perverts.
An adventure for our times!

jennifer! this is so great!
but, your nose does not look like that.
pointier. much pointer.
(charlotte's eyes, however, are just that large.)

i guess because i don't often read comics (though perhaps i should) and i've sort of lived in and amongst little pieces of your work for as long as i can remember, i never linked your stories with "comics", in the generalized "Spiderman" sense; i've always thought of them as occupying their own niche. and ya know? even though i'm sure you'd draw a pretty choice severed limb, i'm both happy and impressed that you've managed to bend a traditional medium into a shape that supports both your despicable sense of humor and delicious story telling ability. and we're spared the stench!

and congratulations on assuming mr. fraser wanted to get with charlotte. freud would have a feild day.

your loving (sort of),
niece

Well, Simon's initial comment confused me a bit too -- despite his impressive storytelling skills, he may have dropped the ball a bit there claritywise.

As far as gruesome comic book fare, the scene with the Jell-O is up there with the best of them. Ewwww! ;-)

My eventual Lilly Mackenzie Jello Sitting scene will be dedicated to you.

I sense a Licensing Opportunity.

Thank you! Glad to have another reader!

Now that I have read some of the replies. I will just say: Great job.

Well we all have a kid like that in the family; with Haley it's the damn bread! Maybe now that she is 13 life won't be a continual crisis.

Way to go, kiddo!!

Oh, how fun! Pointy nose and all! I love it!Congratulations on finding your voice!

And as the mother of TWO daughters, I can relate to melt-downs....though 12 yrs. old seems quite awhile ago now. Enjoy this stage, frustrations and all, it does pass...

In the meantime, get me one of those feta and olive sandwiches, will ya?

Thanks for the careful read, Lando--I'm really enjoying your feedback. As for the future, my daughter will never be allowed to date and drive. We've talked it over and she's going to join an Amish community.

I LOVE Underwire! It is so hilarious and so real. I've been forwarding to all my friends with kids. Awesome!

Hi Jen, just getting into your stuff here, absolutely wonderful, that's a perfect story--and I echo what Simon said, my 3yo is already like this, can't wait for the next decade...NOT!

On a technical level, spectacularly tight writing and you have the gift of capturing a big range of emotions with the simple faces. Wonderful. Onto the next.

I just read all of the available stories here. This one was particularly awesome as my Wife and I can remember when our oldest(now 15) finally broke out of that stage. We still point out the places where she isn't having a breakdown sometimes and note how nice it is she became a human being again and not just unstable hormones looking for their place in the big scheme of things. I loved ALL of the strips. I love your voice and your style, your honesty and your openness. Great stuff, even if some of it is cute and sweet :)

Yep, I'm looking forward to reading the rest of these. I appreciate your tone of voice and the way the story, even one so deceptively "simple," zigs when you expect it to zag.

I love how everyone at AIV is so good a finding their own voice. The friendly competition only seems to hone it and expects that everyone merely bring the best at what they do without any conformity to mainstream comics.

You were EXACTLY the person I needed to run into today. I fucking love your story!! I am hooked already! Mentioned you to Chris (husband) He is intrigued. Keep me posted on your project.