Three weeks. Like 16 elementary schools and some bookstores too, from south of LA all the way up to Portland. And I met a LOT of incredible kids, and adults too. I’m still processing it all…thanks, everybody. Read more →
Dana Simpson
I draw this. I make the unicorns happen.
Upcoming appearances
As you can see on the left side of this page, I’ve got a couple bookstore appearances coming up. If you’re in the San Francisco Bay area or near Portland, Oregon, come out and see me! Read more →
Friday cat blogging
The Sofia abides. Read more →
Unicorn of the Year!
Remember in February, when I was on KING 5 Evening, on Seattle TV? KING 5 Evening has now nominated me for Woman of the Year. Please vote for me! I would love to win! Read more →
What’s in a few names
Origins of some names in the strip, some well known and some not: 1. Phoebe is named for Phoebe Caulfield, the protagonist’s younger sister in J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye.” 2. Phoebe’s last name, Howell, is in honor of Jimmy Howell, the kid across the street who was my best friend in preschool. 3. Phoebe’s middle name, Grizelda,… Read more →
Coming back to Olympia!
I love Olympia Washington (a town a character on “Bojack Horseman” recently described as “B-plus”; he is wrong). It’s where I attended college (I’m a graduate of The Evergreen State College, a school that seems to produce a lot of cartoonists), and thus where I lived for several years in my late teens and twenties. (Which is starting to be… Read more →
Unicornversity Bookstore 2
Razzle Dazzle Unicorn release party, at Seattle’s University Bookstore again last week! A good time was had by all. Did they make me another awesome cake? Of course they did. Read more →
Nothing’s the matter with Kansas
After I mentioned former Treasury Secretary (and Kansan, apparently) Georgia Neese Clark in Saturday’s strip, I was contacted by the Kansas Historical Society, the curator of which had this to say: Good afternoon! I am the Museum Curator for the Kansas Historical Society, and a reader of comic strips and editorial cartoons, often looking for Kansas references that may turn… Read more →