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Lisa Franklin (@lesbiants)is a writer and comedian from New York.
She has been published on the Toast and Eidolon Literary Journal.
If youd like to admire Franklins comics in print, theyre now on salehere!
road trippic.twitter.com/lszkhrJ1F4
This ones an oldie but it cracks me up.
I really like jokes referencing past events that happened entirely offscreen.
that classic questionpic.twitter.com/vWALodtHV0
This is by far the comics most popular strip.
and then have an ant react in an even more heightened way to the same situation.
Generally, comics take me an hour or two in total, from vague idea to posting.
the most noble sacrificepic.twitter.com/5ez6zxSenj
Thank God for NBC.
The other kinds of jokes that do better on Twitter are ones where the characters are very sad.
Who are some cartoonists/illustrators that you admire?All of them?
I consider myself a serious impostor in the cartoonist community.
sticklerspic.twitter.com/OjfJgil34J
This inspired a visceral love/hate reaction in people that was hilarious to me.
Genuinely did not expect Maureen to strike such a chord.
Now I have to keep writing jokes about fact-checking to appease the masses.
(You dont have enough readers to call them the masses.
Maureen)
Ooh, tell me more about the distinct reactions you get from Twitter versus Instagram.
I think Twitter folks prefer dry satire, TV commentary, and jokes that feel more sad/relatable than funny.
Instagram readers are more into comics that are cute, colorful, and very silly.
