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Jan 31Liked by Liza Donnelly

Things Snowpeople Think would make a great picture book for winter days when grandfather has to entertain the 3 year old.

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Yes!

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Beautiful and inventive!. Thnx Liza for all you are sharing!!!

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Thank you, bob!

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Feb 1Liked by Liza Donnelly

Too bad a certain orange man isn't melting. (Oh, Allia, that's not nice.)

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Feb 1Liked by Liza Donnelly

Things I fail to think about: e.g., what snow-people are thinking. If you accept the premise (that they ARE thinking) it's actually a fine topic to consider. Which I have never done before. And I have only a few minutes to think about it now. But here goes: It's rare to see a snow person with feet. Do they envy us and wish they could get around on their own, too? To they have ice cream freezes in their heads? Do they wonder where they came from, and why? Do they like birds? Do they wish they had better (or at least more) clothes to wear? Are they attracted to their own kind - are they pan-nonsexual? What would they think about a tanning bed?

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Chuck, these are questions that are the reason why it is so fun to draw about them! I have covered many of these areas in drawings about snow people. You are very funny.

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Feb 1Liked by Liza Donnelly

I think of myself more as wise-ass than funny. But thank you. It means a lot coming from a genuinely funny person.

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I’ll let you stick to the snow pics, I’m not a fan. Your lawyer one is great. You’re still on Cali time!😎

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Feb 1Liked by Liza Donnelly

I have no attempted wit to contribute to the Snowpeople. What I’ve been noticing with the most recent string of cartoons is how just a few lines and a few shades create depth and texture in your drawings. So, when I see the Snowpeople, I wonder to myself (and now to you): gee, could you go back to these previously unpublished cartoons and add a few colors, revising these pieces as Billy Collins says he and we can do anytime with poetry.

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Yes! I do it often, revise things from the past. It's a conversation. I didn't know Billy Collins said that about poetry, that's fascinating.

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I love your snow people and captions! And I don't understand why the NewYorker didn't take the sandbox one :-)

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me, neither! Thank you!

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Feb 1Liked by Liza Donnelly

These are great! Snow is a soothing fun and joyous thing even if it mucks up our day to day .. So yea I guess it’s good to look at those little pieces of light it can create even though it is a fierce force pain in the ass at times. ❄️ Right, when you get lemon you gotta make lemonade ! TY L for alway sharing and showing your creativity - now get some rest!

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Thanks, Andy!!

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My favorite is the first, so sweet. The NYER made a big mistake.

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