Conniving and Sinister

Your Slog Through Glenn Beck's Thriller

2010-10-04T08:26:00.000-07:00

I Don't Even Understand What "Rape Culture" Is Supposed To Mean

2010-09-30T08:26:00.000-07:00

Hello, Sir. I Would Like To Build A Museum Of Ladybusiness.

2010-09-29T08:26:00.000-07:00

Hey! Can Someone Please...

2010-09-28T08:26:00.000-07:00

We're Not Offended...

2010-09-27T06:49:00.000-07:00

You Know What Sucks?

2010-09-24T06:49:00.000-07:00

Consent

2010-09-23T06:49:00.000-07:00

In The Ongoing Saga Of...

2010-09-22T06:49:00.000-07:00

Repeal DADT

2010-09-21T06:49:00.000-07:00

Why The Fuck Is David Brooks Considered To Be A Viable Commentator On Anything?

2010-09-17T12:56:00.000-07:00

We Should Totes Get Some Tattoos

2010-09-16T12:56:00.000-07:00

When I Was Out Walking Dudz...

2010-09-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

How's The New Gilded Age Going For You?

2010-09-14T12:56:00.000-07:00

I Know Your Body Is Yours And Everything But...

2010-09-13T12:56:00.000-07:00

I Heard Hillary Clinton Ghost-Wrote The Illiad

2010-09-10T13:32:00.000-07:00

You Know That Dude Who's Going To Burn Those Things?

2010-09-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

I'm The New Larry King Live!

2010-09-08T13:29:00.000-07:00

My Electricity Just Went Out Again

2010-09-03T12:22:00.000-07:00

You Know, I Keep Reading How Obama's A Purveyor Of The Radical Gay Agenda

2010-09-02T12:22:00.000-07:00

I'm Not A Sexist!

2010-09-01T12:22:00.000-07:00

Honor! America! God! Honor!

2010-08-31T12:22:00.000-07:00

I'm Just About To Run To The Store

2010-08-30T12:22:00.000-07:00

So Iain And I Have Been Watching One Of The Many New Shows...

2010-08-27T12:21:00.000-07:00

Happy Women's Equality Day!

2010-08-26T12:22:00.000-07:00

Dudes, What The Fuck?

2010-08-25T12:22:00.000-07:00

President Obama: We Believe In The Intrinsic Equality Of All People

2010-08-24T12:22:00.000-07:00

I Read Yet Another Totally Obnoxious And Factually Inaccruate Article

2010-08-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

Hey, Did You Hear That President Obama's A Muslim?

2010-08-20T21:23:00.000-07:00

You Know What I Am Tired Of?

2010-08-19T21:23:00.000-07:00

Stop Objecting To My Use Of Misgynostic And Homophobic Epithets

2010-08-18T21:23:00.000-07:00

I'm Patriotic - As You Can See By My T-Shirt

2010-08-17T21:12:00.000-07:00

Say, What D'Ya Think Our Webcomic Should Be About Today?

2010-08-13T21:12:00.000-07:00

I'm So Excited About Same-Sex Marriage In California

2010-08-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

Do You Want To Hang Out This Weekend?

2010-08-11T21:12:00.000-07:00

You Really Need To Stop All Your Whining

2010-08-10T21:12:00.000-07:00

You Know What's Awesome?

2010-08-09T14:28:00.000-07:00

Did You Electricity Go Out Again During That Huge Thunderstorm This Morning?

2010-08-04T06:16:00.000-07:00

Don't Be Such A Girl

2010-08-03T12:09:00.009-07:00

It's So Much Fun Being A Fat Woman During The Summer

2010-08-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

I Never Figured A Vote For A Democratic President Would Mean A Vote For Cutting Food Stamps

2010-07-30T12:09:00.000-07:00

I'm So Pissed At Obama For Actually Trying To Expand The Government's Ability To Extrajudicially Spy On Us

2010-07-29T12:09:00.000-07:00

Hey, Liss - You Know What Time It Is?

2010-07-28T12:09:00.000-07:00

I Know I've Just Got A Silly Gaybrain And All

2010-07-27T08:19:00.000-07:00

You'd Better Stop Your Hysterical Ragging On Obama

2010-07-26T08:19:00.000-07:00

With Special Guest Star Paul the Spud!

2010-07-23T09:48:00.000-07:00

You Know, For A Totes Humorless Feminist, You've Got A Pretty Great Sense of Humor

2010-07-22T09:47:00.000-07:00

Once Upon A Time, I Wrote I Was Struggling To Trust Obama...

2010-07-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

I Want Someone To Vote For

2010-07-20T09:47:00.000-07:00

I Saw Inception This Weekend

2010-07-19T09:47:00.000-07:00

I'm Starting A Show Called Deeky.0

2010-07-16T13:53:00.000-07:00

I Want My Goddamn Bodily Autonomy!

2010-07-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

So I'm Out Walking Dudz This Morning

2010-07-14T13:53:00.000-07:00

Well, Isn't This Embarrassing!

2010-07-13T13:53:00.000-07:00

You're So Selfish For Not Wanting To Have Babies!

2010-07-12T13:53:00.000-07:00

You Know, I'd Be A Lot More Excited About DOMA Being Ruled Unconstitutional

2010-07-09T13:26:00.000-07:00

Don't You Know You're Supposed To Be My Totes Fabulous, Tres Chic and Super-Fashionable Gay Accessory, Man?

2010-07-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

What's Your Beef

2010-07-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

There's A Local Bar Near Me That's Started Advertising Ladies' Mud Wrestling On Friday Nights

2010-07-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

Happy (Recognized) Independence Day!

2010-07-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

Why Haven't You Had Any Babies?

2010-07-02T12:36:00.000-07:00

When Are You Going To Have Babies???!!!

2010-07-01T12:36:00.000-07:00

Me And "Man's Best Friend"

2010-06-30T12:36:00.000-07:00

A Tank Top? Please!

2010-06-29T12:36:00.000-07:00

Stop Harrassing Me!

2010-06-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

Happy 200th Strip, Conniving & Sinister!

2010-06-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

Today's strip was number 200. I can't believe it's run this long, since it was originally meant as a one-off riff on the long-running newspaper comic "Frank & Ernest"—the idea being that if its white, straight, male protagonists are "frank and earnest," then the biracial/gay and fat/female protagonists of my strip would be "conniving and sinister."

The Frank & Ernest strip that inspired C&S was this one. It ran in Aug. 09, right in the middle of the debates about healthcare reform, which left so much at stake particularly for the poor, for women, for people of color (especially poor women of color), and for gay men and lesbians, who largely can't get health insurance via partner benefits, and the dismissive "joke" about Congressional debates by two "frank and earnest" white guys, while I was spending my days plowing through Congressional testimony and sorting through details of complex reform proposals, just irked me to no end.

So I fired off a quick post about it, accompanied by a terribly, terribly drawn comic strip, lol. And then it just...stuck.

I've refined Deeky's and my avatars a bit over time, but it's still the same basic premise. And I guess I'll keep doing it until I run out of ideas.

Thanks to everyone who's been so supportive of the strip. And special thanks to Deeky, for being such a good sport.

-Liss

Geez, Ya Fat Bitch

2010-06-25T14:13:00.000-07:00

You Know What Phrase I Despise?

2010-06-24T10:35:00.000-07:00

Dudz And I Just Got Back From A Walk In The Disgusting Horrible Humid Heat

2010-06-23T10:35:00.000-07:00

In Things I Hate

2010-06-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

I Just Still Can't Get My Head Around Gay Marriage

2010-06-21T10:35:00.000-07:00

You Dudes Wanna Come Over And Hang Out In My Man Cave?

2010-06-18T10:35:00.000-07:00

Wanna Go On A Mancation With Me?

2010-06-17T13:12:00.000-07:00

Ms. Hearts Conniving and Sinister

2010-06-16T11:39:00.000-07:00

Kate Whittle at Ms. blog has written a very nice piece about Conniving and Sinister. We expect movie deals to start rolling in at any moment. Thanks, Ms. Whittle!

Truly, we're flattered.

There's No Straight Pride Month Because Every Fucking Day Is Straight Pride Day

2010-06-16T10:52:00.009-07:00

I Don't Understand Why There Has To Be A Gay Pride Month

2010-06-15T10:57:00.000-07:00

It Must Be Pride Month

2010-06-14T10:52:00.000-07:00

When Deeky Met Lissie

2010-06-11T10:52:00.000-07:00

Faggottown 8 Miles

2010-06-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

Know What I'm Sick Of Seeing On TV?

2010-06-09T10:52:00.000-07:00

I Don't Support Gay Marriage Because It Undermines The Sanctity Of Traditional Marriage

2010-06-08T10:51:00.000-07:00

You Really Shouldn't Live So Goddamn Far Away

2010-06-07T13:51:00.003-07:00

Gone Fishin'

2010-05-28T13:51:00.000-07:00

Know What I "Love" Most About American Idol?

2010-05-27T13:49:00.000-07:00

Coming This Fall To CBS, It's "You're Gay And I'm A Lady!"

2010-05-26T13:49:00.000-07:00

Coming This Fall To CBS, It's "Hey, You're Fat!"

2010-05-25T10:55:00.000-07:00

So, Now That Lost Is Over...

2010-05-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

I'm Not A Racist!

2010-05-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

Nice T-Shirt

2010-05-19T10:55:00.000-07:00

I Have Family Values!

2010-05-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

Police! Police! I Think This Guy Is An Illegal!

2010-05-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

So Here's Something Funny I've Noticed

2010-05-14T10:55:00.000-07:00

That Guy Who Thinks Eating Is "Instinctively What Fat People Do Best" Obviously Hasn't Met You

2010-05-13T10:55:00.000-07:00

So, I'm Fixing To Go On A Wild Crime Spree

2010-05-12T10:55:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday! Make A Wish!

2010-05-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

Two Women In A Row Nominated To The Supreme Court

2010-05-10T10:55:00.000-07:00

I Would Like To Talk To You About An Important Women's Issue

2010-05-07T12:41:00.009-07:00

I Would Like To Talk To You About An Important Women's Issue

2010-05-06T12:41:00.000-07:00

Immigrants! Ha Ha!

2010-05-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

That Dog Better Not Lick Its Ass Then Lick My Face

2010-05-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

What The Heck Are You Doing?

2010-05-03T12:41:00.000-07:00