JUG WINE

Hairspray

2012-02-09T20:31:00.000-08:00

Serious Discussion

2012-02-08T18:57:00.000-08:00

War Wounds

2012-02-08T18:09:00.000-08:00

Healing like a balla:

Nails Did

2012-02-06T11:53:00.000-08:00

As you might've figured out by following the comics, I finished beauty school, became a certified manicurist, and am starting my own small business, glitterfying all you Austin fancy-pantses! Nails Y'all makes house calls, does nail parties (kiddos, too!), specializes in nail art, and provides excellent natural nail care. Aaaaand I do those great 2-week+ gel manicures that you've been hearing about. Tell your friends! Tell your neighbors! Tell your sorority sister/cocktail waitress/ER nurse/grandma/speed-walking partner/girl with the fly nails at the taco place! Tell them to check out the new Facebook page, give it a thumbs up, and email me at nailsyall@gmail.com to get fancy!

And hey guess what? Mention Jug Wine when you book your appointment to receive 10% off your service. It's comics for your fingertips.

And because you've been so patient, I'll do real comics soon, too.

There's also one called Kandy Kane and it's set in Wonka Land.

2012-01-31T14:18:00.000-08:00

Unrelated: I can really relate to this flood of emotions. Can you?

How excited are you for new Magnetic Fields??

2012-01-25T12:13:00.000-08:00

Green Tea

2012-01-22T19:37:00.001-08:00

Siri and I have so much to talk about!

2012-01-20T13:43:00.001-08:00

XOXO

2012-01-20T13:40:00.000-08:00

Self-defense

2012-01-16T13:46:00.000-08:00

...or you could buy one of these.

If I learned anything from "Mexican Pitchfork," it's that everyone cool lives in Chile.

2012-01-16T13:43:00.000-08:00

2012-01-06T11:27:00.000-08:00

Maybe it's your day off, too? Maybe you're also wearing your pajamas in the afternoon? Maybe you enjoy the internet?

Incidentally, this is the 1,000th thing that's been posted on Jug Wine!!!

For auld lang syne, my dear.

2012-01-01T16:52:00.001-08:00

Topo Chico > La Croix

2011-12-28T21:51:00.000-08:00

Maybe this is why I had a taco salad, no shell, for dinner instead of committing to actual tacos?

Secrets

2011-12-28T21:14:00.000-08:00

No Babies

2011-12-22T23:42:00.000-08:00

Sondre Lerche - Countdown (Beyonce cover) by Pretty Much Amazing

One more about beauty school.

2011-12-22T23:38:00.001-08:00

Drinky

2011-12-20T16:56:00.000-08:00

Drifting

2011-12-20T16:54:00.000-08:00

Censored

2011-12-16T07:56:00.000-08:00

Have you read Craig Thompson's new graphic novel? I can't finish it because it GREATLY exceeds my sadness capacity. And you thought Blankets was tough.

Remember when I went to beauty school??

2011-12-16T01:39:00.000-08:00

OH MY GOD I am a manicurist now.

That was 5 1/2 months of straight cray-cray shit, y'all.

Like, bat-shit cray-cray. "The Maury Show" cray-cray. The saddest kind of cray-cray that initially is really funny but then when you're alone makes you realize that we as a civilization are on a runaway rollercoaster heading straight for hell.

BUT I AM DONE.

(Should you feel moved to get me a graduation gift, won't you consider these?)

I have finally--FINALLY--found a use for spending late nights hunched over my desk alone in my room with cramped hands and inky wrists for the last 15 years.

It also means that A.) now I have time to draw more comics, B.) now I have time to perform basic life functions such as sleeping and eating, ideally both in prone positions, and C.) now I have graduated from 19th grade!

Pause

2011-12-05T12:02:00.001-08:00

Someone went to the mall and saw "Breaking Dawn" by herself.

2011-11-28T14:26:00.000-08:00

Oh, you're more of a Jacob fan?

In fairness, the cranberry sauce was phenomenal.

2011-11-24T18:25:00.001-08:00

I disagree with Thomas when he says that my fro-yo looks like clown turds.

2011-11-23T18:42:00.000-08:00

As requested:

In my belly:

Happy Thanksgiving:

It's all a matter of perspective.

2011-11-21T21:39:00.000-08:00

Incidentally:

Love Lost

2011-11-21T20:22:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I ride my bike home after drinking and I see Bertram and I kind of feel like this:

IT IS COMPLICATED.

Fuckin' magnets: how do they work?

2011-11-21T19:37:00.000-08:00

American Juggalo from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

Noctural Admissions

2011-11-21T18:04:00.001-08:00

Helping Hand

2011-11-21T18:03:00.000-08:00

Unrelated:

Basic Life Skills

2011-11-21T17:58:00.000-08:00

I'm not the only one who gets sad sometimes.

Incorrect Response

2011-11-21T07:47:00.001-08:00

Keep Austin Stylish

2011-11-21T07:46:00.001-08:00

Latte art is hard.

2011-11-21T07:45:00.001-08:00

Pageant Season

2011-11-18T16:41:00.000-08:00

TO-MOR-ROW!! Come get yo nails did AND watch a lot of REALLY CLASSY LADIES compete for the crown at the Miss Drunk Dial 2011 Pageant!

Have you watched Drunk Dial?

But you shouldn't watch it at work. Unless your work is the best?

I'll be doing "Toddlers & Tiaras"-worthy nails on the contestants AND on you Saturday 11/19 @ Hotel Vegas, 10 PM. Bands! Glitter! Dance party! I sincerely cannot imagine what else you could be doing that would be even half as fun as this.

Treats n' Snoozin'

2011-11-15T21:14:00.000-08:00

Marcel's not a comic, is it? I'll have my life back in approximately three weeks so SUCK IT, 16-HOUR DAYS. Instead of drawing comics, I spent my night off eating chicken samples at the mall. Hot Topic has a killer sale, y'all.

Non Stop Party People

2011-11-03T22:08:00.000-07:00

Personal Style

2011-11-03T22:05:00.001-07:00

Trauma

2011-11-03T22:03:00.001-07:00

Date Night

2011-11-03T22:00:00.001-07:00

It's like comics, but on fingers.

2011-11-01T16:03:00.001-07:00

(photos courtesy of Girls Rock Austin)

You & Me & 5 Bucks

2011-10-31T13:13:00.001-07:00

Wild Flag @ La Zona Rosa

2011-10-31T13:12:00.001-07:00

Matters of Life & Death & the Heart

2011-10-31T13:11:00.000-07:00

Hiatus (for the night)

2011-10-29T16:28:00.000-07:00

The only thing that would make me happier than going to the Wild Flag show tonight...

would be if it was 1998 and I had a rad collection of ironic thrift store baby T's and Katie had Manic Panic in her hair and we were going to a Sleater-Kinney show tonight.

NO COMICS. I AM SO HAPPY.

Sugar Sugar

2011-10-25T17:59:00.001-07:00

Did you know that this is a thing?? One of us is $9.99 poorer.

Very Busy People

2011-10-25T15:37:00.000-07:00

Maximum Hold

2011-10-24T12:57:00.000-07:00

Uh-oh! It has (almost) been 5 years! Also, remember 5 years ago today when I made an entire mini comic to impress Thomas and it totally worked?

Get fancy, y'all!

2011-10-24T09:36:00.000-07:00

This is a BIG WEEK in the Austin nail art scene. I will be painting cuh-raaaaaaaazy shit on fingertips all around town! Grab your lady-friends and come get you some glitter!

On Wednesday come out to the North Door to get your nails did: DJ, cocktails, finger photobooth--WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR FROM A WEEKDAY?? Here's the event Facebook link.

And follow that up on Saturday by celebrating Girls Rock Austin's 5th Anniversary--free! fun! and so so rockin'! Halloween nails from noon-6 PM @ Jo's Coffee on S. Congress. Facebook that, too.

Home Alone

2011-10-15T12:07:00.000-07:00

Thomas has been on vacation for less than 24 hours. Guess how many Christmas-themed Netflixes I've watched??

And in the same vein, how much did you enjoy Kate Bolick's cover story in the Atlantic?

Persephone : 8th Grade Self :: Underworld : Middle School Cafeteria

2011-10-15T08:04:00.000-07:00

Maybe it's time for lowered expectations.

2011-10-14T05:42:00.000-07:00

Drank.

2011-10-13T16:32:00.000-07:00

Remember that time in college you got knock-down blackout drunk at a Halloween house party because you thought a baggie full of shortbread and a bottle of Thunderbird wine would serve as really good accents to your Disgruntled Housewife costume and then your tongue turned black? Or was that only me?

Anti-depressant

2011-10-13T16:24:00.000-07:00

Creeper

2011-10-13T16:21:00.000-07:00

Control Issues

2011-10-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

Keep your head down; breathe deeply.

A complexity of emotions (below).

2011-10-12T15:27:00.000-07:00

Screaming is the BEST!(?)

Edit: If Nicki Minaj is "the female Weezy," then who's the male Nicki Minaj?

Every Body Says I Love You

2011-10-09T20:42:00.000-07:00

TAMI has been digitizing and archiving Texas home movies, newsreels, and educational films, and it is high time you check out the site and click on "Random Film" because there are so many more like this one:

At this rate, I'll appreciate The King of Limbs in 2025.

2011-10-09T19:49:00.000-07:00

I give full credit for my (inevitable) change of heart to Radiohead's 1997 session of Live from the BBC Vault.

Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk

2011-10-08T19:59:00.000-07:00

Whiskey

2011-10-08T19:55:00.000-07:00

Messenger

2011-10-08T08:26:00.001-07:00

Mrs. Johnson understands me.

2011-10-05T23:28:00.000-07:00

Midnight dinner in an empty parking lot off Airport Blvd. (It is inadvisable to also listen to part of Jeff Buckley's "Grace," and certainly not in its entirety.)

Neon Indian "Polish Girl" from Dot & Effects on Vimeo.

On Death & Dying

2011-10-05T23:25:00.000-07:00

Everyone I love, on the other hand, will live forever.

Your anger is a gift: Occupying Wall Street

2011-10-02T13:54:00.000-07:00

(click to enlarge)

It's just so long and it clogs up the drain...

2011-10-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

I stopped by 24 Hour Comics Day last night. I have neither the physical nor emotional stamina these days to endure 24 straight hours of drawing, but I popped out a few panels and really enjoyed checking out the work of other Austin artists.

Coping Mechanisms

2011-10-02T10:48:00.001-07:00

...and also mezcal. Who's coming with me?

Kool Aid

2011-10-02T10:47:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the very best part of the year.

2011-10-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

(The line for pumpkin spice lattes was RIDIC today.)

Parallel Universe

2011-09-28T14:36:00.000-07:00

Jenny Lewis, you can do no wrong.

Bertram

2011-09-26T20:11:00.003-07:00

Drive

2011-09-26T17:00:00.000-07:00

(courtesy of Fuck Yeah Ryan Gosling)

Hairballz+

2011-09-26T15:26:00.000-07:00

Bizzaro Beauty School

2011-09-23T13:39:00.001-07:00

I went out for jeans and came home with this.

2011-09-22T19:10:00.000-07:00

(In my defense, it is really hard to find the perfect "skinny boyfriend" jeans.)

Entrapment

2011-09-22T12:55:00.000-07:00

Get fancy.

2011-09-20T18:03:00.000-07:00

P.S., y'all: TONS of nail art updated here.

Because if you can read, you might figure out what is inside all of those bottles.

2011-09-20T17:02:00.000-07:00

Beauty school HATES when we read. Beauty school is REALLY going to hate this 760-page bohemoth that is coming with me tomorrow.

If you are under any sort of emotional distress, I would absolutely stop listening to this insightful and beautiful, albeit heartbreaking, interview with Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, at 14:34. 18:04 on will SHATTER YOU. Terry Gross, how sad are you right now? JESUS.

(source)

Sometimes things are just so HARD.

2011-09-20T16:40:00.000-07:00

Face Meteor

2011-09-20T16:24:00.001-07:00

(And gingersnaps.)

2011-09-14T13:21:00.000-07:00

I know, you guys: I cannot wait for J. Cole's September 27th debut album release either.

Everyone is Terrible

2011-09-14T13:15:00.000-07:00

Possible Subtitles:
--Why yes this is exactly why I came to work today.
--My biggest regret in life is not waking up a lesbian.
--Guess how much I make for this? You are probably not guessing low enough.

Nail Cancer

2011-09-10T00:04:00.001-07:00

Repellent

2011-09-10T00:02:00.000-07:00

Big Trouble in Little China

2011-09-10T00:01:00.000-07:00

Soon.

2011-09-08T05:12:00.001-07:00

I have SO MANY COMICS coming your way, but I've been busy sawing off the decaying nail plates of the elderly, and here is THE ONLY THING that makes it feel okay.

The Greatest Generation

2011-08-31T14:01:00.000-07:00

Somebody please tell him who the eff I is.

2011-08-30T17:06:00.000-07:00

Other topics of discussion (when grown-ass women get together):
--Kreayshawn v. Rick Ross? Duh. Kreayshawn, every time.
--It is hard to find really good gold bamboo earrings.
--Brad Pitt's peen. Naturally.

Thomas' sister is a nurse.

2011-08-30T16:47:00.000-07:00

In my defense, jug wines do have screw tops.

2011-08-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

Toxic

2011-08-26T11:10:00.001-07:00

New York, New York

2011-08-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

What have I been telling you people about encapsulating placenta for years?

Hey, you know what people from Houston call a Category 2 hurricane? Nothing we are not wussy-babies we don't care. Oh no, J/K! Be safe, East Coast!!

Gayby

2011-08-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry: 2 bathhouses.

August needs to end.

2011-08-25T14:25:00.001-07:00

Wake Up

2011-08-23T22:58:00.000-07:00

How many hours have you been awake today? I'm sorry. Take a nap. I hope you can take a nap.

But if you can't:

Follies of Youth

2011-08-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

And then I'll go straight to the courthouse.

2011-08-21T10:17:00.001-07:00

I need you to go see Bellflower so we can talk about it.

2011-08-19T22:30:00.000-07:00

Let's process it together. Maybe while we listen to this Bellflower-esque song and drink too much.

Girl Talk

2011-08-17T16:42:00.001-07:00

(Thomas wanted to title this one "Aw, nuts!")

Huge Gold Earrings

2011-08-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

Oh, you also like to watch beautiful people existing in an enigmatic alternate universe of unending charm and whimsy while music's also playing? Huh. You don't say.