cooklin

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zillennial cartoonist • author of ACE OF HEARTS • CCE comics professor at clark college • vancouver, wa • she/her linktr.ee/cooklin

I worked for a local media outlet in Portland for the latter half of 2025. Few ICE detainment stories we covered stuck with me quite like the story of 27-year-old Jose Paniagua Calderon. His arrest on Fourth Plain Boulevard in Vancouver, Washington was recorded from two different angles. Both videos show Jose’s vehicle being driven away by ICE agents, but not before rising and falling while Jose screamed. According to his family, the visible bump was his foot being run over.
an old tweet from Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce from 2011 that reads, “Haha this song selection is out of control”
panel labeled HOURLY COMIC DAY ‘25 cooklin holds Winnie. Winnie says “mrow.” cooklin says, “thanks for reading!”
7pm-8pm: DINNER AND A MOVIE A POV view of the TV with dinner in front. The TV reads SATURDAY NIGHT. on the table in front of them, there are two bowls, arrows indicate they are COSTCO ROTISSERIE CHICKEN AND HOME FRIES. a short glass on the left reads DIET DR PEPPER. a tall can next to it reads WHITE CLAW. a pastry on the right on a napkin reads BLONDIE (THEY TURNED OUT GREAT!)
3pm-4pm: BAKING SOME BLONDIES cooklin stands in front of a counter with a stand mixer, pouring something into a measuring cup. An arrow points to the AirPod in her ear reading “an audiobook about the 1872 gubernatorial election in Louisiana, actually”
11am-12pm: UNLOADING Eric and cooklin walk through a hailstorm, with arrows pointing to the hail reading VIOLENT HAIL. Eric holds packages of paper towels and toilet paper while cooklin wheels a cart that balances a large box on top. cooklin says, “we got home just in time.”
7am to 8 am: Doomscrolling cooklin lies in bed on her phone. Her cat Winnie lies next to her. Her partner Eric shouts from the next room “hey, why don’t you get out of bed!!!”
mirror selfie of me!
Text message from my mother that reads, “Hey! Have you heard of the lemonade stand!! Hey!! You got any grapes?” My response is, “Oh my god. I’m sending this to all my friends.”
Donald Trump’s first presidential portrait from 2017. He is smiling and looks friendly. Top text reads ME WHEN and bottom text reads ME WHEN IT’S CHICKEN NUGGET DAY.
Two zine covers. The left one reads ASEXUAL THINGS I DID BEFORE REALIZING I WAS ASEXUAL, A ZINE BY COOKLIN on a gray background with little asexual flags on the top and bottom. The right one reads ASEXUAL THINGS I DO NOW THAT I KNOW I’M ASEXUAL, A ZINE BY COOKLIN on a dark gray background and banners in the asexual flag colors on the top and bottom. Below these, it reads, THE "ASEXUAL THINGS" SERIES. BY FAR MY MOST POPULAR ZINES, THESE ARE SHORT COLLECTIONS OF COMIC STRIPS DEPICTING VERY ASEXUAL MOMENTS IN MY LIFE. THEY ARE FUN, EDUCATIONAL, RELATABLE, AND A PERFECT GIFT FOR THAT ASEXUAL IN YOUR LIFE!
an Australian shepherd lying on her stomach on a wooden floor
A pink and white checker-patterned bag that reads DEFINITELY NOT SMUT on a bookshelf in a bookstore
A pink report card for a second grader with teacher’s comments that read: 1) Caitlin is a good student who is eager to learn. 2) Caitlin writes exciting stories with wonderful illustrations.
Text reading WAITING FOR MY SISTER TO PICK ME UP SO WE CAN SEE WICKED. The words “WICKED” are colored with a pink-to-green gradient.
Drawn articles of clothing. A beige denim jacket, a black belt, a pair of blue jeans, a silver pendant, silver hoop earrings, a pair of duck boots, and a light pink turtleneck sweater.
selfie of me smiling with my cat lying on my chest, her little arm around my neck
CC and her boyfriend Eric stand in front of a glass box with Tommy Wiseau inside. Yes, it is the real Tommy Wiseau, not a wax figure. CC is holding a small football that has been signed by Tommy.
screencap from SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab as he famously asked Squidward, “are you finished with those errands?”
A hand holds a to-go coffee cup from the drivers side of a Toyota vehicle
Dandelion yellow minizine that reads “NUMBER NINE, NOVEMBER 2024, THE BREAD CONSPIRACY, A MINIZINE BY COOKLIN” in black comic script. Behind the writing is a gray silhouette of freshly baked bread, steam marks above it.
CC looks up, as if collecting her thoughts as she speaks. She says, “I think you know you love someone when you hate sitting in silence with them…”
Black ink doodle with white background. CC, a blonde woman with a ponytail, and Eric, a bearded man with glasses, sit on a bench licking ice cream cones.