Rachel the Great

Unhappy Valentine’s Day!

Rachel the Great — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:23:41 +0000

I made some Anti-Valentine's Day art of the Anti-Cupid and Tuna. Enjoy the full archive of Anti-Cupid comics on this, my least favorite holiday ever.

Thanksgiving fun times!

Rachel the Great — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:41:46 +0000

This year my sister invited us to spend Thanksgiving with her and her husband and daughter at their home in Ohio. We accepted and made the 9 hour trip up and back. It’s the first time I’d ever gone to a relative’s for a holiday, and it was loads of fun to see them again!

Goodbyes [Flickr]

CrowChick — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:00:47 PST

CrowChick posted a photo:

My husband and I leaving on Saturday morning. My hair is cleverly concealed beneath this knock off Russian trappers' hat :)

Chocoholique [Flickr]

CrowChick — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:00:38 PST

CrowChick posted a photo:

The beautiful and bountiful chocolate shop in Columbus, Ohio.

Luxury [Flickr]

CrowChick — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:00:30 PST

CrowChick posted a photo:

The prettiest desserts are never the tastiest, alas.

Dishes [Flickr]

CrowChick — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:00:18 PST

CrowChick posted a photo:

My sister.

A good man. [Flickr]

CrowChick — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:00:00 PST

CrowChick posted a photo:

My husband, drying dishes.

Vacation with the ducks

Rachel the Great — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:14:36 +0000

My husband and I went on a fabulous vacation to a bird park! We were attacked by pigeons, courted by currasows, and followed by a wary turkey. Indeed, it was a fantastic adventure!

Uncle Chuck

Rachel the Great — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:38:06 +0000

My Uncle Chuck died of cancer. He was probably the only male role model I had growing up, what little I saw of him before he retired. His death reminds me that it's important to reconnect with the people you love before they disappear.

Mystical pregnancy in science fiction and fantasy.

Rachel the Great — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:58:33 +0000

The "mystical pregnancy" of scifi/fantasy genres can be viewed as "torture porn," especially when you consider how often and how similarly it's portrayed: woman's body is used to create horrible abominations. Woman gets over trauma and skips off to have Further Adventures. WTF?

Rachel is a person who has friends.

Rachel the Great — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:59:55 +0000

Last year when I was recovering from surgery, a lot of women came to wish me well. I was touched. Do I have.... friends?

Happy Home and Facebook Exodus

Rachel the Great — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:01:03 +0000

Celebrating our second anniversary, getting through a painful jaw relapse, unfriending everyone on Facebook, plus check out the new living room look!

K-Pop

Rachel the Great — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:05:52 +0000

I found this video via Ninja Sovereign. Now I can’t stop listening to it! I think I’ll put it on my “I’m a designer dammit, not a doctor!” playlist. (Also, this post was entirely made to play with WordPress’s post format options.) Originally posted at RacheltheGreat.com, copyright © 2012 Rachel Nabors

Wait and listen: the two hardest things you will ever learn to do

Rachel the Great — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:01:01 +0000

One of the hardest parts of living is the waiting. Listening is even harder.

Experimentation with transparent comic backgrounds

Rachel the Great — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:49:56 +0000

This is a new comic I made, part of the next series of Rachel the Great comics. It’s got a transparent background to let the site’s color shine through. This gives me essentially three colors to work with, black, white, and the background color of the site it’s on. The tricky part while designing it

Fall in Love (on purpose)

Rachel the Great — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:19:36 +0000

When you fall in love, the world seems to smile with you, and life just seems easier. Actually, what's changed is you. You're different when you're in love, and people react to you differently. Wouldn't it be great to be "just fallen in love" all the time?

U-streaming tonight at 8pm EST!

Rachel the Great — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:51:44 +0000

I’m going to be a whiny bitch now.

Rachel the Great — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:40:52 +0000

The older I get, the more fans I meet. But sometimes, it just reminds me of how much I let go of when I became a full time web designer/developer.

Braces off (among other things)!

Rachel the Great — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:07:08 +0000

I got my braces off week before last! It was not a pleasant process. The woman removing them was not especially, erm, delicate. I remember her remarking, “Oh, you got your feeling back!” as I winced and squeaked. Those lower front teeth hate being touched. I had to bite down on some cotton to get

7 bands tight

Rachel the Great — Sat, 14 May 2011 21:39:52 +0000

I have seven rubber bands on my mouth and a talk on WordPress security to write. Here's a status update!

Spring cleaning: Trusty peripherals for sale!

Rachel the Great — Sun, 01 May 2011 17:45:23 +0000

UPDATE, sale over. Alas, starving artists are too poor even for discounts Had to put all this up on eBay. Le sigh! Last week I told you that I’ve switched to a Mac. With this switch, I pulled a major peripheral upgrade. I now possess a medium Intuos 4 and a Brother MFC-6490CW, which not

New job, new chapter

Rachel the Great — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:11:02 +0000

I left my old job. In some ways, it was a good job. Cushy benefits, paid lunch, lots of awesome coworkers I didn’t want to leave. In other ways, it was not a challenging job. I was very bored, and in the end, even dependable paychecks couldn’t force me to sit tight in a relationship

Giving a talk on Saturday to benefit Japan. Please attend. (There are comics…)

Rachel the Great — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:06:05 +0000

What are you doing this weekend? Do you live near Raleigh, North Carolina? Come see me give my fantastico talk on wabi-sabi, the Japanese concept of imperfect beauty, and help out Japan!

Of cock fighting, Michael Vick and chicken nuggets

Rachel the Great — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:36:51 +0000

Is eating chicken nuggets crueler than fighting cocks? Probably. But no one's getting persecuted for it.

Comic Posted Every Night

Rachel the Great — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:34:32 +0000

Just a heads up that I’m posting a comic every night to help fill the archives as quickly as possible. There are a lot of comics to upload! While I’m uploading them all, I’m writing new ones. Is there anything you would like to see more of? Originally posted at RacheltheGreat.com, copyright © 2012 Rachel

My face after surgery.

Rachel the Great — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:25:15 +0000

I had surgery to correct my crossbite last summer. It was no minor surgery. In fact, it was the worst time of my life, and I never want to go through it again. I've only just started to recognize my face again. Here are some before and after pictures.

Sendai, SXSW, and “The Cove”: Individuality in the face of crisis

Rachel the Great — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:09:17 +0000

Japan's been dealt a rough hand. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. But some of the stereotyping I'm hearing gets me down. It's a long ramble about SXSW, dolphin harvesting, and giving people their individuality.

Spring fashion and new job

Rachel the Great — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:33:26 +0000

Spring means a new job--and new clothes! Updating wardrobes is a delicate process for the thrifty and fashion-conscious. Here're photos of some of my favorite looks this spring!

Never before seen comics posted!

Rachel the Great — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:26:19 +0000

Last week I asked you if you wanted to see all of my earliest comics, formerly only available in my now out-of-print graphic novel, 18 Revolutions. You answered with a resounding “yes!” and I have been hard at work uploading all the comics ever since. They haven’t been showing on the front page because they

Never before seen (online) comics–Should I post them?

Rachel the Great — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:49:41 +0000

So back when I was 19 I self-published a graphic novel, 18 Revolutions. It collected every single comic I’d made before turning 19. Many of them were either never put online, or have been taken down and washed away by the waves of Internet time (or something). I have no plans to reprint the graphic