Rachel the Great

Casual Rape

Rachel the Great — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:55:52 +0000

Wherein I discuss casual rape and disrespect in the wake of the Delhi Gang Rape Victim's death.

Shop is open for business!

Rachel the Great — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:14:20 +0000

Check out my new store for prints, comics, and buttons!

Portland bound!

Rachel the Great — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:46:26 +0000

I’m headed to Portland, OR for July to beat the summer heat in the south. Do you live in or near Portland? Anything I should definitely do or see while I’m there? Want to hang out? I hope I packed enough hoodies and boots. Originally posted at RacheltheGreat.com, copyright © 2013 Rachel Nabors

Almost reposted all the archives–then what?

Rachel the Great — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:02:59 +0000

The end of the archive re-posting marathon draws nigh. So what's next for Rachel the Great comics?

The Pact of Domestication

Rachel the Great — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:53:35 +0000

Been thinking a lot about domestication lately and what it means for the human race.

I’m speaking at BlogHer 2012! You coming?

Rachel the Great — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:30:48 +0000

BlogHer is going down in NYC this August 2-4, and I'm giving a talk about comics and the web! Are you going?

Turning 27: Time for an ice cream party!

Rachel the Great — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:07:17 +0000

For my birthday this year, I made ice cream every weekend leading up to my party and provided a most delectable spread of frozen treats for my lady friends. Also, I got a really awesome jacket.

Attacks Coming from All Sides

Rachel the Great — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:39:54 +0000

This past month has been rough as a woman. I feel like on all sides I'm being attacked--not just during the conservative presidential jostling, but also in my nerd communities. But we're not alone.

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!

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 © 2013 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