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I write and draw comics about real-life stuff. Here are a few places you can find them:

The Sprawl

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Since 2018, I've been writing "The Listener," a comics column about life in Calgary, for The Sprawl, an independent journalism outlet.

You can find all the "Listener" comics here on The Sprawl's site, but here are links to a few of the comics about life in Calgary at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that led to a 2021 nomination by the Digital Publishing Awards for Best Column.
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The Listener, March 13, 2020
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The Listener, March 21, 2020
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The Listener, April 4, 2020

Congratulations to @calgaryhester of @sprawlcalgary on a #DPA21 Best Column nomination! https://t.co/GIc6fZSWso pic.twitter.com/Is5fmNdcPv

— Digital Publishing Awards (@DPAwards) May 12, 2021

Well done to our amazing Best Column finalists! @Lactualite @sprawlcalgary @XtraMagazine @thetyee @vicecanada @Chatelaine @IRPP @tvo @globeandmail @cbcarts #DPA21 pic.twitter.com/FaM9SC1Oun

— Digital Publishing Awards (@DPAwards) May 12, 2021

Sam Hester's Ramsay

During the past ten years or so, I wrote a monthly comic about life in my neighbourhood for my community newsletter. I haven't done the greatest job of posting all the comics online, but you can find some of them on my blog, and the earliest ones are here on my very old website that has a lot of broken links.
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Random old comics

I haven't done a great job of collecting my published comics into one place, either. You can find a few of them here on my old website (beware of aforementioned broken links). And here are some random samples.
I'm also part of a group of Alberta comics creators called Panel One. Check it out!
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© sam hester 2022