Meanwhile, the birds in Janie Stapleton’s St. In Birdstrips, a comic started in 2017 by Montreal-based artist Jess Thomas, birds grapple with feelings of aimlessness and uncertainty. Barkman’s comic-which has an Instagram following of nearly 200,000-isn't as serious as Mullin’s his birds ponder life questions from time to time, but they also poke fun at humans and other avians. Take False Knees, a comic strip by Joshua Barkman, who’s been drawing birds (and other city animals) since 2011. And in the process, they’re helping spread their appreciation of birds to the online masses. They, like other comic artists, are finding a home on Instagram, a social platform that’s a natural fit for the square images and minimal text of the comic strip. Mullin is part of a small but passionate group of comic artists who have found birds to be excellent mediums for depicting life’s ups and downs. “If people could be a bit nicer to pigeons, then that’s amazing.” But there’s another reason why Chuck Mullin, the London-based creator of the strip, draws these comics: to spread her undying love of pigeons to the world. On its face, Chuck Draws Things is a web comic about mental health featuring relatable scenarios about the anxiety and depression felt by a plucky, googley-eyed pigeon. A post shared by False Knees on at 6:24pm PST
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