We chose to track Humor Doodle Blogs because of the unique style in which their authors express their personalities through a narrative blend of artwork and writing. Our hope was to help everyone reflect on the value of expressing yourself honestly through blogging. The three blogs we chose are the major representatives of this genre.
Hyperbole and a Half is a hilarious personal blog about the life stories of a self-conscious, wildly imaginative young woman who grew up in rural Iowa. Allie Brosh tells her stories through a combination of childlike pictures drawn in Paintbrush and hyperbolic narrative.
A famous post from the Hyperbole and a Half blog is about the ALOT, an imaginary creature that helps Allie cope with her pet peeve grammatical error.
Books of Adam is another humorous personal blog about the daily life of a young single man, Adam Ellis. He draws all of his artwork by hand and weaves together his stories in a similar style as Allie, the author of Hyperbole and a Half, albeit with a slightly more sane tone.
While most of the posts in Books of Adam are about his adult life, Wilderness Survival for Kids is a post about his childhood and the drawings exemplify the hyperbolic nature of his Drawings of Facebook Friends.
My Milk Toof is about two milk teeth known as ickle and Lardee, who are childlike in nature. The blog tells the story of ickle and Lardee's funny, but innocent adventures. Inhae Renee Lee, the author of the blog creates all of the props out of polymer clay and takes digital photographs of the scenes. She uses writing to narrate the story the photographs depict.
The post Home Security, is about how ickle and Lardee are left home alone by their human owner and told to be safe. So they take the task literally and go on an adventure throughout their house making sure it is safe through their childlike eyes!
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