False Knees by Joshua Barkman for July 13, 2020

Hmm. This criticism reflects badly on you.

A common problem these days.

This one is absolutely stunning. Nice work.

Beautiful work. And, the ’toon is cute.

I have met the enemy and it is me.

Beautiful, Mr. Barkman.

I love the art in this series that manages to be both realistic and painterly.

But I have to admit that I really love the edgy, distorted, tilted-toward-abstraction elements that often appear, as in today’s last panel and in the recent portrayal of the bird slipping into an alcohol-mediated altered state.

They often put an exclamation point to these little episodes. Partly punchline but also more. They say to us, LOOK. LOOK HERE. And, importantly, LOOK AROUND YOU! LOOK AT YOURSELF!

The last panel is very nice.

yep- wherever i go – there i am !

I feel this very much.

A self-aware grackle?

The source, but also the key.

Eeeevillll twin!