Before I take my customary holiday from chickening (I’ll be back on January 3!), let’s look back at the crazy year of 2021! Here’s my annual “class photo” of all of the characters who appeared in more than one comic this year.

This year was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me because my mom passed away after a long fight with cancer. I drew a rare series of autobiographical comics as a tribute to her, and I was overwhelmed by the incredibly supportive comments and emails I received about these comics. Thank you all for being so awesome!

On the happier side of things, I released my newest book a few weeks ago: Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: As The Deer Flies. This is how I spent much of my early pandemic, and it really helped to be able to throw myself into this fun creative project. I’m really happy to hear that people are enjoying it!

Here’s hoping 2022 brings more adventures and less pandemic! In the meantime, read the most popular Savage Chickens comics of 2021…

Your Top Ten
Here are the most-visited comics from 2021:

1. How To Give Feedback (lessons 1-5)
2. How To Give Feedback (lessons 6-10)
3. Lobsterman!
4. Read This
5. Sorted
6. Procrastinate
7. It Only Hurts
8. Slug Facts
9. Gullible
10. The Tortoise and The Hare and The Opossum

Doug’s Top Ten
And here are my top picks (alphabetically) from the rest of the past year’s comics:

• A Little Tired
• Bears and Spiders
• Blame Everything
• The Conspiracy
• Cookies for Santa
• Friends
• Gog No Sleep
• Laughter
• Looking Ahead
• Staying Up Late

Don’t see your favorite on either of these lists? Share it in the comments!

Here’s my annual picture of everybody who appeared in more than one Savage Chickens comic this year. And what a strange year it has been! Because of the chaos of this year, my comics have veered between confronting the stress and avoiding it entirely through escapist weirdness. In the weirdness category, I really enjoyed drawing some unexpected theme weeks this year, including Melancholy Blob, Zep Broondar, and Moon Bear. Expect more weirdness from me in the new year, but let’s hope we have less real-life weirdness in 2021! For now, here’s…

Your Top Ten
Here are the most-visited comics from 2020. And these comics also serve as a handy summary of 2020 itself, because most of these jokes were influenced by pandemic- and election-related stress:

1. One Idiot at a Time
2. An Improvement
3. Video Conferencing Etiquette
4. End of the Rainbow
5. Replaced
6. Sourdough
7. Some Time
8. What Life Hands You
9. Snake Treasure
10. Tragedy or Comedy

Doug’s Top Ten
And here are my top picks (alphabetically) from the rest of the past year’s comics:

• Couldn’t Possibly
• Dog Talk
• Lost
• Melancholy Blob 3
• Midlife
• Moon Bear 5
• Optimist Test
• Parking Lot
• Priorities
• Unique Skills

Don’t see your favorite on either of these lists? Share it in the comments!

Here’s my annual picture of everybody who appeared in more than one Savage Chickens comic this year – including me and my mom (the chickens playing cards here). I had a very busy 2019! I went on the road a lot! I visited my family (and drew a week of comics about them), I was a guest at Rose City Comic Con and at Hal-Con, and I did a tour of elementary schools around British Columbia. And somewhere in there, Andrews McMeel published my third Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy book, Time Trout!

Your Top Ten
Here’s the list of the most-visited comics from 2019!

1. Life Goal
2. Good Boys
3. Filing System
4. Learning
5. The Catch
6. Great Things
7. Express My Feelings
8. Plants
9. Cat Valentine
10. Long-Term Goal

Doug’s Top Ten
And here are my top picks (alphabetically) from the rest of the past year’s comics:

• Awkward
• Before the Internet
• Cocaine
• Day 63
• Don’t Be Like Me
• Idiot!
• More Hours
• Princely
• Shish Kebab
• So Cold

Thanks and see you in 2020!
So that’s 15 years of drawing Savage Chickens. Wow. I think I’ll keep drawing more… it looks like I’m going to crack 4000 comics in 2020! How crazy is that? And who knows what else 2020 will bring? Let’s find out together!