Schadenfreude

Liquid Aptitude

The Babel Fish swims in beer.

Cheer Up

Or even scarier: maybe that IS their smile.

The Only Explanation

Planetary Axis Fatigue

Apple Fries

Acqua Alta con Mozarella

Race of Tongues

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Permanent Ban

Convenience

Health Tip

Pronunciation

Missing Vocabulary

Scheduling

Default Language

Quality Leggings

Workaholics

Comprehension

Note to self: next time, just ignore and keep walking

Active Imagination

Innovation

Horizons: Expanded

This week's idea comes courtesy of my brother Erik, currently teaching English and chowing on bug parts in Bangkok.

Limited Creativity, Pt. 1

(It means "nipple.")

Continued in part two.

Mystery Solved

Northern Climates

Guess I'll just keep this sweater on.

Coincidence?

Cappadocia is a real place, and it's amazing. Too bad about the termite problem.

Anarchy

This of course being the exact opposite of the way it is in France.

Salesmanship

Poetic Injustice

Technical Difficulties

Literally

Nostalgia

Creativity

So Many Couches

I might build a house in Morocco full of saloons, complete with swinging double doors, gambling, and prostitutes. That'd go over real well.

The Local Perspective

Multilingualism

Common Tongue

Sometimes it's best to meet halfway. (Village sketch in the top panel by Iain Robinson.)

Ancient Secret

And the men are all still wearing black leather biker jackets. They must have camel humps somewhere to conserve moisture.

Inshallah

It's a useful phrase. A useful, infuriating phrase.

Sweet Tooth

Comment Doodle - Morocco

Yesterday was April Fools, and I fooled you good. Unfortunately the fooling will continue, because I'm not gonna translate it.

Today I've got another comment doodle, this time from Tom Mullen's comment on the Maximum Occupancy comic. I do these whenever someone leaves a doodle-worthy comment.

Are your comments doodle-worthy? HUH?

يوم كذبة أبريل

!سعيد كذبة نيسان

Hibernation

Maximum Occupancy

A Formidable Squint

Detergent

"These lassis taste particularly underwear-y."

Adventure Shopping

=============== A Related Anecdote ===============

The souk is the covered market. It has everything, though it can be a little intimidating the first time. I went there the other day, prepared for some hard bargaining. I was surprised to find the sellers reject my attempts at haggling, and even looking a little hurt at the idea. I learned later that here in Al Hoceima, totally unlike the rest of Morocco, prices are usually fixed, and vendors are unlikely to give tourists an unfair price.

The more you know...

You Say Tomato

Resourcefulness

A Discerning Palette

I'm just no good at wine tasting. Or even pretending.

Clogged

Pack light, but don't pack TOO light.

Comment Doodle - San Marino

On my comic on San Marino, reader Fabrizio Bianchi said:

"San Marino is a little patch of land organized as a shelter for Italian tax evaders."

Well, that was enough to give me an idea, so I drew this:

From now on, I'll have an irregularly-updated section called Comment Doodles. If you comment and it's doodle-worthy, then you better believe it'll be doodled!