Surly Queen

@surlyqueen

She/Her | Artist | Bard/Rogue | Bibliophile | Bog Witch I read comics and I draw comics: www.surlyqueen.net Call me a Luddite, and you'd be right.

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Surly Queen@surlyqueen· 7d

Oh hey, it's a #FatTabbies kinda evening.

A brown tabby cat sitting in a bed on a table in front of some windows. The cat is licking her b-hole, one hind leg raised high.

A brown tabby cat licking the toes of her hind leg.

A close up of a cat's back foot, displaying The Toe Beans. They are mostly pink.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· 18d

I got the pleasure of playing this game! (And I put him on my Tomodachi Life island 😆)

A Tomodachi Life me who looks like the creepy Burger King mascot.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jul 12

Evergreen

a four-panel screenshot from Yugioh, involving some smarmy looking brunette dude who I want to say is a villain, and Yugioh himself (blonde spiky hair highlighted pink). The sequence of the panels goes thusly: Brunette is smirking and holds up a card that has been poorly edited to say "don't speak ill of the dead". Yugioh, smirking back, then holds up a card with its back to the audience. Then Yugioh turns the card around with a triumphant look on his face and the card says "don't be a piece of shit while you're alive". The card has a square with the number 1,000 on the bottom. The fourth panel is of the brunette being caught in a blinding flash and I want to say he's starting to disintegrate judging by the smears and his horrified expression.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jul 8

How's your afternoon going?

A screen shot of a text conversation with incredibly garbled spelling because I am the lightest of lightweights since I basically only drink at DragonCon and on New Years.

The translation is: your dad said I could get a mojito....oh no.

This drink is so strong. I forgot who Lil Nas X was.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jun 25

Breaking News! Nicolas Cage has married an opossum. #TomodachiLife

A pic of my opossum mii and Nicolas Cage mii on their wedding day in Tomodachi Life. They are in white wedding attire and blushing.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jun 24

Yes, yessssss, it's all going according to plan. #TomodachiLife

Screen shot from Tomodachi Life Living the Dream. Two miis are leveling up their friendship. The one on the left is an opossum named Hazelwhisk, the one on the right is Nicolas Cage.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jun 24

It's #MakeaTerribleComicDay and I've been hitting #TomodachiLife hard, so..... Maybe I'll do more of these, idk

Two scene comic without panel borders. Two characters are talking. Wendy is a woman in a white t shirt with black sleeves. PoJo is a man with pointed ears and no apparent clothing.

Title reads: Tomodachi Life be like...

Scene 1: Wendy is angrily playing a Nintendo Switch, yelling, "Oh my GOD. LADIES. There is more than ONE STRAIGHT dude on this island!"

PoJo is leaning back, eyes closed with a smug expression. He says, "Tch. Can't compete with perfection!"

Scene 2: Wendy has calmed down, still looking at the Switch and says, "You and Mothma'am are falling in love."

PoJo faces Wendy, but is looking away, unsure of what to do with this information, saying, "I....Huh."

Artist's credit @SurlyQueen is at the bottom.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jun 17

My kid made a food called "BURNT BAD HEART" in #TomodachiLife and I can only hope to be as brilliant as she is.

A Mii in Tomodachi Life getting pummeled from the sky by a stream of Burnt Bad Hearts, a black heart with a simple smiley face on it. The character's caption reads, "As long as I have my BURNT BAD HEART, I can face anything life throws at me."

Closeup of the BURNT BLACK HEART, a black heart with a simple smiley face and a caption that reads "Death to you" because the flavor she gave it was "awful."

The HEART is sitting on a wooden bench and the games hand cursor is beneath it.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jun 14

Also, "Mom, stop saying the lines with them, I want to hear!" (This is how I knew she was into it). But

A screenshot from the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie of NYC at night, all lit up. Caption reads, "DAAAAAAAAAAAMN"

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Jun 2

I do what I want.

I solitary Defiance Dick sitting against a white background (a tiny 3D printed penis. It is sherbet colored ranging in a gradient from lime green, to yellow, to pink at the tip).

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· May 24

Goodbye, everyone.

The opening screen to Tomodachi Life Living the Dream. A Mii with brown hair and a teal shirt waves at the viewer. Over the game title it says Welcome to Wackadaisy Island.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· May 20

"Can you believe this guy?" #FatTabbies

Two tabby cats are curled up together in a cat bed in the corner of a room. One cat is facing away from the camera, the other cat is looking at the viewer in annoyed disbelief that her brother has joined her.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· May 9

I have found The Most Perfect Bookmark. Her name is Henrietta.

A small brown crochet chicken sitting on top of a book (Persepolis 2).

The book is opened, revealing that the small brown crochet chicken has incredibly long legs to form a charming bookmark.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· May 6

Cat in a hat. #FatTabbies

I gray tabby cat with white toes and chest patch is lying on a table with a patterned cloth bowl cozy sitting on his head. The bowl cozy covers most of his head and only his muzzle is visible.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Apr 29

Going through The Art Lair, reorganizing the retro games and unearthed my game guides! Including the one of Oddworld that I printed out 🥹

A selection of video game guide books fanned out on the floor. From left to right: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a printed and stapled walk-through of Oddworld, Kingdom Hearts II, and Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Apr 19

We have two Standard Issue Cats (shorhair brown/gray tabbies)

Two tabby cats snuggling together on a shaggy gray blanket.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Apr 16

Ankylosaurus, Therizinosaurus, Iguanadon, largely bc of this meme:

A meme pic of green Iguanadon using its thumb spikes to stab an undetermined orange dinosaur in the neck.

Text reads: Talk dumb, get thumb.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Apr 10

Been a minute since I posted some #FatTabbies Here's Hunter, all tucked in on a lazy Spring Break afternoon.

A gray tabby cat sleeping in bed like a person. His head ison a pillow and a brown blanket is pulled up around him.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Mar 26

Oh snap! I found the other bits, a bowl of bones and "some of that little dead thing I found under a bush!" Truly a meal fit for a rat creature! I feel the need to say @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social 's world brought me so much joy and clearly continues to do so!

At rat creature about to enjoy his quiche, bowl of bones, and maybe some of that little dead thing he found under a bush.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Mar 26

OH SHIT, NO, IT'S A QUICHE!

A toy Rat Creature from Jeff Smith's comic Bone. About to enjoy his tiny toy quiche.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Mar 26

I've been doing a deep clean on the Art Lair which means rediscovering a lot of Cool Stuff that's been in storage. Spent a minute trying to figure out why I had this tiny pie...

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Mar 19

Shit, once more with alt text...

A couple of Lion King rough sketches. Cub Simba on top, standing with one paw raised and looking confused. Cub Nala sitting below looking smug with her tongue sticking out.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Mar 16

Cleaning out the Art Lair a bit today. Nostalgia is a trap, but I think I'll keep this bit nonetheless.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Mar 6

👁 #FatTabbies

A brown tabby cat curled into a ball. She is staring into the viewer's souk with one eye.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Feb 25

I don't know who this person is at the SotUA, but he speaks for all of us. I'm so sorry, my dude, you have another hour and a half of this.

A man in a suit rests his head against his hand with the most anguished expression on his face.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Feb 24

This handsome boy. #FatTabbies

A brown tabby cat with white chest and front toes lounges in a green beanbag chair with his front feet crossed.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Feb 10

I wish more people knew about Arriola's work and I wish I could get my hands on more of his comic collections. His work was beautiful and just about all of it is out of print and seems largely forgotten. Look at this ink work! *Chef's kiss*

A black and white comic page from the newapaper strip, "Gordo." It features a rooster, chihuahua, and a cat talking about an beautifully embroidered Mexican dress.

A black and white comic page from the newspaper strip, "Gordo." It features an all-black kitten playing with a small ball.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Feb 10

Of course I studied the classics

The cover of a book titled "Gordo's Cat," by Gus Arriola. A blue and white bird is perched on the O in Gordo and an orange cat hangs by his front paws from the C in cat. The cat is looking up at the bird.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Feb 9

#HourlyComicDay Oh yeah, we watched that Super Bowl thingy!

Panel 1: Everyone is sitting and watching the game. Wendy says, "Finally! Commercials!" Caption: The real reason I watch, despite the dwindling quality...

Panel 2: The TV with "ADS!!!" On the screen. Everyone's heads are in the foreground, watching. Word balloons blare, "AI!!!" "CRYPTO" and "FATPHOBIA." Caption: JFC, that MAHA ad was super gross. The word "super" is underlined.

Panel 3: More word balloons blare from the off-panel TV: GAMBLING, GAMBLING, MORE AI, and GAMBLE. The last "gamble" is emphasized in bold. The people watch with varying levels of concern and boredom.

Panel 4: Wendy boos and says, "BOOOO PATRIOTS!" The other person asks, "Are you a Seahawks fan?" And Wendy responds, "No, the Patriots fans are just too smug." Caption: I'm from AL...what are pro sports?!

Panel 5: Word balloon proclaims, "HALFTIME!!!" Wendy appears three times in the panel. She says, "People who hate this are dumb!*" while dancing. She looks pleasantly surprised and says, "Oh shit! Ricky Martin!" She points at the TV with wide eyes and says, "There's PEOPLE in all that grass!"
Caption (also the *): BC racists are dumb!

Panel 6: Is split into two panels. The first half is Wendy happily yelling, "WOO HOO SEAHAWKS WIN!" Second half Wendy admits, "Actually...That wasn't a bad game as far as football goes!" while Raf looks on with a smirk.

Surly Queen@surlyqueen· Feb 9

Continuing #HourlyComicDay even though it's late.