Editor
What spellings, styles, and usages scrambled your brain when you first encountered them? Let me know here and on Twitter (#EditorialRitesofPassage).
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Inkproofing
![Twelve-frame cartoon in the style of a television ad. It begins with a bespectacled editor saying “Thinking of getting a tattoo?” Introducing Body Text “…a dependable tattoo-proofreading service staffed by professional editors like me.” Prevent: a lifetime of ridicule, painful laser removal & costly cover-ups. [Frame shows a person hunched over, sad, while others point at him and laugh.] “Body Text will protect you from…” misspellings [Frame shows an elaborate cursive tattoo that reads, “Only God Can Juge Me”], misattributed quotes [Frame shows that same tattoo with more of the surroundings, which reveals that the saying was attributed to Nietzsche], unfortunate design choices [Frame shows a tattoo that should read “#1 Aunt” but looks like “#1 Cunt” because of the cursive writing]. “Just send us a photo of your design before it’s committed to your skin, and for the…” LOW PRICE OF $39.99* (*rush fee applies to late-night impulse decisions), “we’ll alert you to typos or design issues within 15 minutes.” DON’T WAIT! Call Body Text today! 1-88-BodyText, noragrets@bodytext.ca.](https://i0.wp.com/ivacheung.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BodyText.png?ssl=1 "We bear no responsibility for tattoo-artist fuck-ups after we've signed off on the design.")
Book launch
Summertime
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Plain-language summaries
I drew my August cartoon for a post I wrote about plain-language research summaries for the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research’s KT Encounters blog. Please click through on the image below to read the post if you’re interested!
Turd
Shoutout to the many editors who have put in the time, effort, and skill needed to turn shapeless, smelly turds into coprolites and then polish them to a mirror finish. Too often your dedication goes unnoticed.
Slides
Hill
Efficiency
Night terror
