Parenting made me evil!
I’m Helen E. H. Madden. I’ve been drawing webcomics before webcomics existed. I’ve been blogging since the stone age (the first one, not the second). I’ve been a parent for 22 years, was a Girl Scout troop leader and cookie mom for 10 years, and once ran a podcast that would have curled your toes and put hair on your chest. Or curled your chest and put hair on your toes. It was an interesting podcast.
After spending about 10 years away from this website, I’m back. The site is a mess, a steaming pile of garbage that spammers and AI managed to screw up beyond belief while also deleting all the original content. Thanks DreamHost. Thanks WordPress. I’m currently working to fix things around here, and hopefully I’ll have the website back up and running like it’s supposed to be, and I’ll be repopulating it with all my old comics and hopefully adding some new ones. Until then, enjoy all the mistakes on the site and just imagine me pulling out my hair trying to fix them.
Helen Madden, July 2025