Damn you write perceptive stuff. And there aren’t too many words, people are just too fucking lazy to concentrate for longer than 30 seconds and actually read shit. If they did they might actually have to stop and think about something for a change.
Sad Comic is Sad. Well I don’t know. I felt sad about her. For a moment I thought that she was writing that card for that guy who encountered at the market or the coffee shop can`t remember where.
See, I expected it to be a stick-up note for the cashier, actually.
But anyway, thanks for being so excellent and making great comics. (I linked to this one on tumblr, by the way.)
ok. perfect timing bro. dude. person? winston. *nods* i finish with your mini-novel and then this pops right up. your such a boss. thanks again! also it might be strange but this is the epitome of a happy comic. having her doing such a lovely quirky thing makes me smile. great to witness realy.
psssst! it’s ultrasyllabic, not ultrasyllagic, but it could be the prints too small for me to read properly. In which case, mother father kindly disregard this letter. ha! always wanted to say that in a legit convo, and to all a happy valentines day!
🙂
Oh, and the concepts not that weird at all, i send myself thank you texts right before i fall alseep all the time.
It also sounds hokey and sound-bitey but before you can love anyone else, you have to learn to love yourself.
It’s five in the morning on the 15th and I have a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat. There is thought and depth to your work all out of proportion to what one expects from a comic.
As usual, you completely sweep the rug from under my feet and deliver a comic that puts me in a better mood than I could possibly have anticipated, no matter how shitty I was feeling beforehand.
Hey. I really really really like your comic about differences/similarities of sexes. And I clearly cannot express it through words. So maybe you can imagine my feelings after reading it. It made me good inside, knowing that the opposite sex (opposite really?) isn’t what that crappy magazines and movies and tv shows pictured for me – and everyone else. Hey, they’re people too. Hell, I don’t have any dating experiences at all and I was a bit nervous about that. Now I’m excited to know people.
Idk if this is going to make any difference for you, but if we both have more similarities than differences, you would feel nice to know you touched somebody’s life in a good way. You really did. Thank you.
(I was going to type ‘sorry for the long comment’ but then I remembered you write the subnormality comics. Silly me.)
Hey, thanks, i really appreciate that, and i’m glad that comic worked for you. And yeah, it’s funny how many people apologize to me for writing long comments… HOW DARE YOU!!
.Ouch!
Sad and pathetic. She’s like a “red on black” toppled bowling duckpin (in the EENT EENT EENT…panel.)
Why not try something a tad more pragmatic like lots of chocolate and/or, my own favourite, – peanuts?
But then I’ve never been living as a solitaire myself. Noo.. Wrong word, I guess. That’s about bees I think.
In brevity; to cheer myself up, I’ll reread today’s “Calvin and Hobbes” and yesterday’s “Clusterfuck Nation”.
ben
P.s. I like your colouring of this strip. You begin with those painfully screaming colours, and end up in a more calmful mode.
Thank you from my eyes for that!
I just went back and noticed all of the cards. I really want to know what the heart microwave cards were all about. And the “Lost Virginity” section? hilarious!
Winston you got a great thing going here. I put Subnormality up there with Bill Hicks and Doug Stanhope. In other words, I fall back on your shit when I need to know that there are people out there who share a lot of the same ideas I got pinging around in my head. More than that, your comics are just generally uplifting.
Are you ever planning to do a Subnormality graphic novel? I’d love to see it. Just saying, as much as I love coming online to read your stuff, I’d love it that much more if I had it right next to my toilet (which may not sound like a compliment but, believe me, it’s the greatest compliment a guy like me can give).
You’re more than talented, bro. Any talented fucker can draw a nice picture. But your work just hits a nerve, man. You got more than talent, you got really awesome ideas and insights on the ridiculous — should I say “normal”? — shit that effects people every day.
Keep doing what you’re doing, bro. (Unless you feel like doing more, which would kick ass.)
Another awesome comic. Winston, it’s like you have a scary accurate pulse on everyone’s thoughts. And damn if that card doesn’t the speak the m**fuckin’ thruth. Been following that mindset for a few years now and things have slowly been picking up ever since. Sure, I’m still overweight, I still stink, I’m still stuck in my dead-end job but at least I’m happy, not a self-hating brooding sack of anger anymore. And if *I* managed to find a girl this Valentine’s day after a 3-year drought, anyone can find someone.
I hope Ethel finds someone. Big bro hug to you too WR. 🙂
I’ve always completely over-identified with this character, so this actually made me cry. I don’t know what to do with it, (I never let myself learn anything from stuff like this) but it was still awesome.
i’ve read through a couple of your comics and the the truth in each one has brought me to tears. please keep making the world a better place, one illustration at a time.
Was this about you Winston? A little bit of the author’s real life poking through maybe? Anyways, keep at it. Once again, I found this to be very relatable and beautiful. I think we’ve all been there or eventually will be.
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February 14, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Fantastic comic. That’s exactly what I was thinking about, it seems people forget to love themselves first. Then they can look somebody else to love.
February 14, 2012 at 2:12 pm
I have a lot of hope for Ethel. Happy lupercalia WR.
February 14, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Awww. 🙂
February 14, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Really, really … d’awww. ❤
February 14, 2012 at 2:55 pm
THAT was fantastic.
And wonderfully timed.
Thanks.
February 14, 2012 at 2:58 pm
I was truly moved
February 14, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Yay Sarif and yay Rowntree! 🙂
February 14, 2012 at 3:15 pm
That card’s all well and good, but.. “Notice of Eviction”? 😦
np: Hudson Mohawke – All Your Love (The Top 100 Bleep Tracks Of 2011)
February 14, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Wow. I honestly got chocked up a little. Wow…
February 14, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Is it hard for you to change your handwriting?
How do do you make your handwriting look more feminine?
February 14, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Are we certain that Winston’s a guy? Was there some publicized interview that happened during my life before internet connection
February 14, 2012 at 3:48 pm
I woke up to a shitty day, it got better and all of a sudden I get hit by emotional shrapnel.
This and between stops have certainly touched me.
February 14, 2012 at 3:51 pm
That kind of made my day
…thanks.
February 14, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Thousands of hairs
Two eyes only
Its you
Some skin
Billions of genes
Again its you
XX XY
That’s why it’s you and me
Your blood is red
It’s beautiful genetic love
Biological
I don’t know why I feel that way with you
Biological
I need your DNA
Your fingerprints
The flesh, her arm, your bones
I’d like to know
Why all these things move me
Let’s use ourselves to be as one tonight
Apart of me would like to travel in your veins
Biological
I don’t know why I feel that way with you
Biological
I need your DNA
February 19, 2012 at 4:43 pm
Ah! I haven’t listened to Talkie Walkie in forever.
February 14, 2012 at 5:52 pm
This is so, so good…
I’ve been there. I may still be there…
February 14, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Damn you write perceptive stuff. And there aren’t too many words, people are just too fucking lazy to concentrate for longer than 30 seconds and actually read shit. If they did they might actually have to stop and think about something for a change.
February 17, 2012 at 8:16 am
Damn straight. Winston’s work is always brilliant.
February 14, 2012 at 8:54 pm
“USUALLY I’D SELF-CENSOR IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE AS TO NOT SOUND PRETENTIOUS.”
Spot on there.
February 14, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Sad Comic is Sad. Well I don’t know. I felt sad about her. For a moment I thought that she was writing that card for that guy who encountered at the market or the coffee shop can`t remember where.
Anyways, Glad to see your comic back. Cheers!
February 14, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Damn. I’m Ethel. But I don’t tell myself things like that.
February 14, 2012 at 9:20 pm
That was good. I must admit I was kind of expecting the Valentine to be for the guitar shop guy. Thanks for not being predictable 🙂
February 14, 2012 at 9:22 pm
See, I expected it to be a stick-up note for the cashier, actually.
But anyway, thanks for being so excellent and making great comics. (I linked to this one on tumblr, by the way.)
February 14, 2012 at 10:05 pm
I thought it would be a valentine for the cashier. It seems I need to work on my cynicism a little.
February 14, 2012 at 9:24 pm
I thought this was your normal awesomeness, but it was beyond that because you mentioned Sarif Industries. Perfekt.
February 14, 2012 at 11:28 pm
I really liked this. The message of self-love’s hokey at times, but you did it really well here.
February 15, 2012 at 12:59 am
POS-5000 alarm clock. Very nice.
February 15, 2012 at 1:17 am
Daw? Your comics always leave me confused. I like them, but all the same.
And am I the only one who notice that, for comic # 50, clicking the “Subnormality” banner takes you to comic # 47, rather than the most recent comic?
February 15, 2012 at 1:21 am
Scratch that. Further research has shown that for 48-55, clicking the banner takes you to #47.
February 15, 2012 at 1:41 am
That was just… Wow.
February 15, 2012 at 2:05 am
ok. perfect timing bro. dude. person? winston. *nods* i finish with your mini-novel and then this pops right up. your such a boss. thanks again! also it might be strange but this is the epitome of a happy comic. having her doing such a lovely quirky thing makes me smile. great to witness realy.
February 15, 2012 at 2:18 am
psssst! it’s ultrasyllabic, not ultrasyllagic, but it could be the prints too small for me to read properly. In which case, mother father kindly disregard this letter. ha! always wanted to say that in a legit convo, and to all a happy valentines day!
🙂
February 15, 2012 at 2:20 am
Oh, and the concepts not that weird at all, i send myself thank you texts right before i fall alseep all the time.
It also sounds hokey and sound-bitey but before you can love anyone else, you have to learn to love yourself.
February 15, 2012 at 2:24 am
Sorree for posting so much, does anyone else notice ethels alarm clock has an atari symbol on it? or is that just me projecting a little?
February 15, 2012 at 3:35 am
Just superb. Thanks. It’s encouraged me to be kind to my inner Ethel.
February 15, 2012 at 6:47 am
Loving the comic as always, I think I need to send my own self a little not telling me the same thing, or maybe a steak.
Really loved the sense of enterprise hidden in the stock ticker. 🙂
February 15, 2012 at 6:50 am
It’s five in the morning on the 15th and I have a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat. There is thought and depth to your work all out of proportion to what one expects from a comic.
February 15, 2012 at 7:52 am
Nitpick: Last panel, fourth row (“too reticent to verbalise”) – you forgot to colour the bubble pink.
I’m Ethel in this comic. Bittersweet…
February 15, 2012 at 10:42 am
I would totally buy a “New Microwave” greeting card.
February 15, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Brilliant, as always. WR is the greatest thing on the inet.
February 15, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all – RIP Whitney. Thanks for another great piece of humanism, Winston.
February 15, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Also, I too love the New Microwave card.
February 15, 2012 at 1:53 pm
I love this.
February 15, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Where can I get myself a copy of the ‘oMg’ Microwave card? It looks adorable.. great comic as always 🙂
February 15, 2012 at 3:35 pm
You know… at some point in my life, I could have used such a card. But I think my family ended up playing that role.
February 15, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Ethel should get acquainted with PHG and the Sphinx. That would be a bitchin’ trio.
February 22, 2012 at 9:18 pm
oh, man. this. i so badly need this to happen.
February 15, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Excellent like almost all your job, i’d love to see more of Pink haired girl and sphynx, but this comic is just perfect for the time 🙂
February 16, 2012 at 3:58 am
I definitely thought it was for her other personality. Because it’s totally normal to jump to split personality.
February 16, 2012 at 11:25 am
Yay!
February 16, 2012 at 11:47 am
heyyy…
“too reticent to verbalize… I forgot the ‘to'” should be in pink?
otherwise a perfect comic. Think you’ve found your mojo again!
February 20, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Fixed that mistake, thanks for the heads-up!
February 16, 2012 at 1:49 pm
As usual, you completely sweep the rug from under my feet and deliver a comic that puts me in a better mood than I could possibly have anticipated, no matter how shitty I was feeling beforehand.
February 16, 2012 at 10:10 pm
D’awwwwwwwwww.
February 16, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Perfect. Valentine’s day is about loving people, starting with yourself. There doesn’t need to be anyone else around to do that. Love this, as usual.
February 17, 2012 at 1:06 am
Oh hey, there’s something in my eye. *sniffle*
February 17, 2012 at 4:50 am
That was cute, and a bit touching. Good one, Winston.
Also, now I totally wish I had gotten that store-bought “NICE SHOES” card for someone. And I also wish that it existed in the first place.
February 17, 2012 at 7:11 am
OMG you are good.
Thats just what I needed.
Thank you 🙂
I really hope you have a really nice day today 🙂
February 17, 2012 at 10:59 am
No one else caught the NCC 1701 on the sign? Always great references, if you can catch them all.
February 17, 2012 at 11:14 am
I find myself wishing my ex-boyfriend had done this before he and I started dating.
February 17, 2012 at 6:47 pm
That was so great. Very touching.
February 18, 2012 at 2:34 am
This was amazing. No really. Amazing
February 18, 2012 at 9:03 am
you sir have given me an excellent idea for the next valentine’s day. great comic nuff said
February 20, 2012 at 1:25 am
Got the NCC 1701, but what’s NME 710? Just arbitrary name + value in the ticket following NCC 1701, or some hidden meaning?
February 20, 2012 at 5:10 pm
NME’s a magazine, and the numbers are just boringly arbitrary.
February 20, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Hey. I really really really like your comic about differences/similarities of sexes. And I clearly cannot express it through words. So maybe you can imagine my feelings after reading it. It made me good inside, knowing that the opposite sex (opposite really?) isn’t what that crappy magazines and movies and tv shows pictured for me – and everyone else. Hey, they’re people too. Hell, I don’t have any dating experiences at all and I was a bit nervous about that. Now I’m excited to know people.
Idk if this is going to make any difference for you, but if we both have more similarities than differences, you would feel nice to know you touched somebody’s life in a good way. You really did. Thank you.
(I was going to type ‘sorry for the long comment’ but then I remembered you write the subnormality comics. Silly me.)
February 20, 2012 at 5:08 pm
Hey, thanks, i really appreciate that, and i’m glad that comic worked for you. And yeah, it’s funny how many people apologize to me for writing long comments… HOW DARE YOU!!
February 21, 2012 at 1:31 pm
.Ouch!
Sad and pathetic. She’s like a “red on black” toppled bowling duckpin (in the EENT EENT EENT…panel.)
Why not try something a tad more pragmatic like lots of chocolate and/or, my own favourite, – peanuts?
But then I’ve never been living as a solitaire myself. Noo.. Wrong word, I guess. That’s about bees I think.
In brevity; to cheer myself up, I’ll reread today’s “Calvin and Hobbes” and yesterday’s “Clusterfuck Nation”.
ben
P.s. I like your colouring of this strip. You begin with those painfully screaming colours, and end up in a more calmful mode.
Thank you from my eyes for that!
P.p.z Sorry, No spellchecking today.
February 21, 2012 at 10:14 pm
I really needed to read that.
You sir. are awesome
February 22, 2012 at 11:26 am
Brilliant and moving. Thank you!
My apartment used to look like Ethel’s.
February 22, 2012 at 11:43 am
This was really sweet in a melancholy way but I loved it. ❤
February 22, 2012 at 10:01 pm
I just went back and noticed all of the cards. I really want to know what the heart microwave cards were all about. And the “Lost Virginity” section? hilarious!
February 24, 2012 at 2:48 pm
That was awesome.
February 24, 2012 at 8:35 pm
A little expected. Not that plot twists have ever been Subnormality’s convention. I liked it. Yeah.
February 26, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Not expected, despite the above… actually quite well done. Admirable. And necessary.
February 29, 2012 at 12:53 am
Winston you got a great thing going here. I put Subnormality up there with Bill Hicks and Doug Stanhope. In other words, I fall back on your shit when I need to know that there are people out there who share a lot of the same ideas I got pinging around in my head. More than that, your comics are just generally uplifting.
Are you ever planning to do a Subnormality graphic novel? I’d love to see it. Just saying, as much as I love coming online to read your stuff, I’d love it that much more if I had it right next to my toilet (which may not sound like a compliment but, believe me, it’s the greatest compliment a guy like me can give).
You’re more than talented, bro. Any talented fucker can draw a nice picture. But your work just hits a nerve, man. You got more than talent, you got really awesome ideas and insights on the ridiculous — should I say “normal”? — shit that effects people every day.
Keep doing what you’re doing, bro. (Unless you feel like doing more, which would kick ass.)
March 1, 2012 at 6:18 am
This made me legit cry (in a cathartic way). Thanks Winston.
March 3, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Another awesome comic. Winston, it’s like you have a scary accurate pulse on everyone’s thoughts. And damn if that card doesn’t the speak the m**fuckin’ thruth. Been following that mindset for a few years now and things have slowly been picking up ever since. Sure, I’m still overweight, I still stink, I’m still stuck in my dead-end job but at least I’m happy, not a self-hating brooding sack of anger anymore. And if *I* managed to find a girl this Valentine’s day after a 3-year drought, anyone can find someone.
I hope Ethel finds someone. Big bro hug to you too WR. 🙂
March 3, 2012 at 1:32 pm
This was really beautiful Wins. Thanks, really warmed my heart up 🙂
March 5, 2012 at 2:06 am
Where are all the other comments? Your comics are great, philosophical reading. Keep ’em comin’!
March 5, 2012 at 9:37 am
i feel lachrymose
March 8, 2012 at 1:43 am
“Don’t be a taffer”
I fucking love you.
March 13, 2012 at 8:31 pm
I’ve always completely over-identified with this character, so this actually made me cry. I don’t know what to do with it, (I never let myself learn anything from stuff like this) but it was still awesome.
March 31, 2012 at 7:55 pm
I just love this fucking piece of work, please keep it coming I have to say thanks!, this is really inspirind and comforting some times. : )
April 30, 2012 at 8:27 am
I want this in a poster. Please.
April 30, 2012 at 1:07 pm
It’s in the shop!
May 10, 2012 at 4:51 am
i’ve read through a couple of your comics and the the truth in each one has brought me to tears. please keep making the world a better place, one illustration at a time.
May 20, 2012 at 4:20 am
Reminds me of me.
June 22, 2012 at 2:46 am
its really cool and beautiful, Im a fan!
June 25, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Was this about you Winston? A little bit of the author’s real life poking through maybe? Anyways, keep at it. Once again, I found this to be very relatable and beautiful. I think we’ve all been there or eventually will be.
July 3, 2012 at 11:57 pm
i’m routing for you, ethel… (i’ve been there)