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Maddy Buck is a comics artist based in Minneapolis who specializes in illustrated explanations of tech, law, and all things complex.

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I want to know it all!

I was a bit obsessive with the news when Russia first invaded Ukraine. That obsession inspired this little comic.

Text at the top says: I want to know it ALL! And I want to know it NOW! Below is an illustration of a woman looking at a large tablet. She is looking quizzically and wearing a blue shirt. Illustration is very loose and messy and the tablet is made

Text at the top says: I want to know it ALL! And I want to know it NOW!

Below is an illustration of a woman looking at a large tablet. She is looking quizzically and wearing a blue shirt. Illustration is very loose and messy and the tablet is made out of a collaged piece of paper.

Text at the top says: What is Putin thinking? Who killed Jon Tenet? Illustration shows a bubble (a thought bubble) with magazine covers, including “Who killed Jon Tenet” with her face on it, another one called “Trump lies A to Z” with a man with a

Text at the top says: What is Putin thinking? Who killed Jon Tenet?

Illustration shows a bubble (a thought bubble) with magazine covers, including “Who killed Jon Tenet” with her face on it, another one called “Trump lies A to Z” with a man with a collaged bit of paper to represent orange hair. There is also, “Is Johnny Depp Lying? (He Must Be!),” “Inside Putin’s Brain,” What was life like in 1321?” And “The inside of the KGB.”

Text at the top says, “Where did Amelia Earhart go? Will we solve climate change? Is there life on other planets? Why is my dog looking at me like that?! Illustration shows a woman with flight goggles saying “hi!,” a collaged world that is saying “

Text at the top says, “Where did Amelia Earhart go? Will we solve climate change? Is there life on other planets? Why is my dog looking at me like that?!

Illustration shows a woman with flight goggles saying “hi!,” a collaged world that is saying “You did it! You saved me!,” some collaged green columns saying “We’ve been watching you for years, we come in peace,” and a black dog drawn in curlycues looking quizzically at the viewer.

The text at the top says, “I want to know what’s true, what’s fake, what’s foggy, and why.” The illustration shows a blonde woman looking anxious, with a thought bubble that says, “Too much uncertainty! Help me understand!” Around the thought bubble

The text at the top says, “I want to know what’s true, what’s fake, what’s foggy, and why.” The illustration shows a blonde woman looking anxious, with a thought bubble that says, “Too much uncertainty! Help me understand!” Around the thought bubble are more collaged bits and lots of question marks.

The text at the top says: If it’s unknowable, I want to know that. If it’s unpredictable to the experts, I want to know that text. The illustration shows the blonde woman looking at a book called “Expert perspectives” with other books called “primar

The text at the top says: If it’s unknowable, I want to know that. If it’s unpredictable to the experts, I want to know that text. The illustration shows the blonde woman looking at a book called “Expert perspectives” with other books called “primary sources” sitting next to her.

Text says: I like to think that when we die, we get to know everything. As if, instantly, you’re gone from this world, but now you get to know the truth behind all the secrets, things lots to history, the mysteries, the future. Illustration shows a

Text says: I like to think that when we die, we get to know everything. As if, instantly, you’re gone from this world, but now you get to know the truth behind all the secrets, things lots to history, the mysteries, the future. Illustration shows a gravestone that says “R.I.P. Now I get to know everything.” Next to the gravestone is the blonde woman saying, “Tell me Grandma, what have you learned?”

Text on this page says, “But I don’t want to wait until then to learn everything. Tell me the secrets! What aren’t they saying? What don’t I understand? Illustration shows the blonde woman with a big smile, saying “I’m all ears.” Her ears are very p

Text on this page says, “But I don’t want to wait until then to learn everything. Tell me the secrets! What aren’t they saying? What don’t I understand? Illustration shows the blonde woman with a big smile, saying “I’m all ears.” Her ears are very prominent because they are collaged pieces of paper that stand out on top of the ink drawing.

Text on this page says, “I want to know it all, and I want to know it now, so that I can make better decisions, understand the nuances, and satiate my curiosity.”

Text on this page says, “I want to know it all, and I want to know it now, so that I can make better decisions, understand the nuances, and satiate my curiosity.”

Illustration shows the blonde woman with her brain opened up. We see collaged bits of paper representing her brain, and she is grabbing at it. Next to her, it says “I’ll just store all the info here so I can use it…”

Illustration shows the blonde woman with her brain opened up. We see collaged bits of paper representing her brain, and she is grabbing at it. Next to her, it says “I’ll just store all the info here so I can use it…”

This page says, “I want to know it all!” This illustration reuses illustrations from prior pages of the woman.

This page says, “I want to know it all!” This illustration reuses illustrations from prior pages of the woman.

Text at the top says: I want to know it ALL! And I want to know it NOW! Below is an illustration of a woman looking at a large tablet. She is looking quizzically and wearing a blue shirt. Illustration is very loose and messy and the tablet is made Text at the top says: What is Putin thinking? Who killed Jon Tenet? Illustration shows a bubble (a thought bubble) with magazine covers, including “Who killed Jon Tenet” with her face on it, another one called “Trump lies A to Z” with a man with a Text at the top says, “Where did Amelia Earhart go? Will we solve climate change? Is there life on other planets? Why is my dog looking at me like that?! Illustration shows a woman with flight goggles saying “hi!,” a collaged world that is saying “ The text at the top says, “I want to know what’s true, what’s fake, what’s foggy, and why.” The illustration shows a blonde woman looking anxious, with a thought bubble that says, “Too much uncertainty! Help me understand!” Around the thought bubble The text at the top says: If it’s unknowable, I want to know that. If it’s unpredictable to the experts, I want to know that text. The illustration shows the blonde woman looking at a book called “Expert perspectives” with other books called “primar Text says: I like to think that when we die, we get to know everything. As if, instantly, you’re gone from this world, but now you get to know the truth behind all the secrets, things lots to history, the mysteries, the future. Illustration shows a Text on this page says, “But I don’t want to wait until then to learn everything. Tell me the secrets! What aren’t they saying? What don’t I understand? Illustration shows the blonde woman with a big smile, saying “I’m all ears.” Her ears are very p Text on this page says, “I want to know it all, and I want to know it now, so that I can make better decisions, understand the nuances, and satiate my curiosity.” Illustration shows the blonde woman with her brain opened up. We see collaged bits of paper representing her brain, and she is grabbing at it. Next to her, it says “I’ll just store all the info here so I can use it…” This page says, “I want to know it all!” This illustration reuses illustrations from prior pages of the woman.
tags: brain, comics, documentary, dog, thoughts, silly
Friday 07.15.22
Posted by Madeline Buck
 

100 Days of yellow blob

I decided to join the 100 day project. Here’s how it’s going. I plan to update this post as I go along.

100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows sad looking boy with arms outstretched.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows woman with big glasses looking to the right.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows caterpillar looking gleefully as he reads a book.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows the word “oops” with the yellow blob as one of the Os.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a little yellow blob with arms and legs, jumping in a puddle.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a toilet scene, with the yellow blog as pee in the toilet.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a sad little boy with a rectangular face and a large yellow nose.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a little girl staring through the blades of grass at a yellow blob.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a flower with the inside all yellow, and many petals.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a person clad in winter gear, with a big hood that almost looks like a lion’s mane.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a man with a big had and a yellow mustache.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a chick popping out of an egg, hatching.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a yellow fishing spying on a phone lost in the ocean.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a dapper man with curlicue eyes and a mustache.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows two women dressed up for an English wedding, with fascinator hats.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a little boy. His eye, nose, mouth, and outline of his face are created using cut up bits of the yellow blob.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a baby bird in a nest, eating a worm.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a sun beaming down on a yellow face with a blue background.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a cat with yellow whiskers.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a group of people with mustaches.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a lego dude waving.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a yellow blob, sick in bed.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a lonely reindeer.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows four illustrations, one of them a yellow blob looking very excited.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows four illustrations, one of them a girl holding a yellow flower.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a yellow blog as a girl’s face. She is doing aerobics.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a yellow blob as a peace sign.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a person walking tightrope between two buildings, with a yellow ball on their head.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a gray duck, with a yellow 3-d bill, with the words “duck duck duck duck duck duck, GRAY DUCK!”
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a tennis racquet with a tennis ball on top.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a girl standing in front of a fan. The yellow blob creating the fan blades.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows an angry yellow blob.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a smiley face.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a shocked yellow blob character.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a smiley.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a sunflower.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a fish about to eat a hook, with a yellow fin.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows an elephant with a yellow trunk.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a road scene, with the yellow blob cut into the dashed lines.
A winking woman.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a simple sun.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows the face of someone looking at an ant on a table.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows two turtles looking at each other.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows one turtle lifting the other, thinking it was a rock.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a stork with a yellow wing, with a creature on its back.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a woven piece of yellow paper with a bunch of words saying “this is ugly.”
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows an abstract shape that is kind of like an oval.
A pendant light, big yellow orb.
Day 15 hoping for hope
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows the Ukraine flag.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows torn up bits of yellow paper, scribbled upon and made black, floating over the page, as if blown up.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a bee attacking a person.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a scared person, with a yellow shocked mouth.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a confused boy, with big yellow ears.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows angry owl, with yellow, sinister eyes.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a yellow ballerina, dancing to music, on her toes.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows the text “What if I start to hate yellow?”
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows two creatures looking at each other, one standing on a yellow flower. Many flowers surround them.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a person with a yellow head, eating a piece of pizza. The pizza piece was cut out of the yellow head, where the mouth is.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a baby being caught in a slide catch by the parent.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a baby flying through the air, over the heads of its parents.
100 Day Project illustration that uses ink and yellow painted watercolor paper blob. Illustration shows a frog looking at some flies.
Day 1
tags: yellow blob, 100daysofyellowblob, 100dayproject, silly, creativity
Thursday 03.03.22
Posted by Madeline Buck
 

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