Why This Drawing of Sexy Broccoli Is My Favorite Drawing Ever

Friends in unlikely places

I have made one drawing that is more important to me than any other drawing.

I conceptualized it on a treadmill in my basement. I thought, “I want to write something funny. I never make funny comics anymore. But I can’t think of any jokes. I can’t think of anything true at this moment1 except for one thing.”

I wrote the one thing down, deciding that maybe I’d draw it, why not. That night, my husband Luke took an hours-long phone call with his friends from home. Alone our room, probably definitely just rewatching “Gilmore Girls” again, I drew my thought — the only thing I knew to be true — and knew immediately that it was amazing. I fell asleep and dreamed about soft cats.

The next morning, I posted the drawing on Instagram. At the time, I had just over 2,000 followers, and for the first time, something I posted started to really gain traction. It’s a special thing, when you love something you make AND everyone else loves it too. I don’t know that I’d say the post went viral, but it was the first thing I posted that garnered more than 1,000 Likes.

OK, OK. I’ll stop lollygagging and show you the post. Here: