Last weekend, Brooklyn cartoonist Nick Sumida read a comic strip to a live audience. The subject was "voicemails from mom."

"Hey Nicky I'm in the garage. I just found a box of old drawings of yours?"

"Y-you've always been so talented."

"These are photo-realistic drawings."

"...these are emotions!"

"It's just- you're a storyteller! A storyteller. And I'm ā you know ā so proud of you."

"..."

"Was I a good mother?"
