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Feature: The Best Medicine
Creator: Izzy Ehnes
Format: panel/strip
Frequency: Mondays & Thursdays

What if all things had consciousness? It sounds like a daffy proposition, the kind of question you might hear someone ask in the middle of an acid trip or during an expensive Introduction to New Age Philosophy seminar. But it's also the premise of an amusing and lighthearted comic strip by Izzy Ehnes, in which fire alarms, planets, and cotton balls are able to react and make observations on the terrifying, hilarious world around them. Oh, and it also features a lot of talking animals. Especially deer.

"The Best Medicine" succeeds through simplicity - the art is straightforward, and the punchlines don't require any explanation. In a world in which comics can often be complex and convoluted, this is a refreshing approach. Izzy does it so well, in fact, that her strip even earned accolades from Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis, who said "I first ran into Izzy at a comic convention in Petaluma, California, and I thought that her work was really funny. So I immediately told my syndicate about her. In all my years of syndication, I believe Izzy is the first person whose work I've recommended to my syndicate."

When it comes to industry praise, it doesn't get much better than that. Check out "The Best Medicine" every Monday and Thursday right here on GoComics.