The Amazing Zoot & Algy

12/09/2025

The latest - though an "oldie." A reprise of a strip previously published, though not on Substack. In it, our intrepids, with Lol, perform an interpretative dance to Satie's "Trois Gymnopedies." They really practiced on this one, folks!

In which the Forekan National Theater and the Undiscombobulated Republic Dance and Consort (URDAC) collaborate on an end-of-summer performance.

02/09/2025

The latest on the 'stack. In it, Lol's outdoor summer sleeping habit on the column outside his house sees him zonking right out every time out - but with the risk of "zlonking" down to the wrong end of the column!

In which Lol's summer zonk-out sleep zlonks right out.

02/09/2025

The latest on the 'stack. In it, Lol's outdoor summer sleeping habit on the column outside his house sees him zonking right out every time out - but with the risk of "zlonking" done to the wrong end of the column!

https://open.substack.com/pub/theamazingzootandalgy/p/summer-zonking-and-column-zlonking?r=7j8i3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

29/08/2025

The latest on the 'stack. In it, another one-off gag. Eulalia's blooming has reached its peak for the summer. But something else has also reached its peak that's a little too much even for her!

In which Eulalia's full bloom becomes a bit too full even for her.

26/08/2025

The latest on the 'stack. In it, a one-off gag strip. Fuzz, the steward of the swamps, takes a day off to go fishing. What he comes up with is more than a fish!

In which Fuzz gets a real sock in the eye and a mental kick in the pants

23/08/2025

Now here's the latest one! It's also especially gotten some notice on Substack, to the point that another Substacker - a psychologist in New York City - asked me for permission to incorporate this strip in a post she was writing.
One thing led to another, and we have just today collaborated on a post that we mutually published on our Substacks. I will post that one on my public wall. Here is my original post.

When weighed down by the word of the world, Zoot finds a inspiration from a little "flutterby" to spread the possibility of a better kind of word.

23/08/2025

I'm not done yet! Here's the next-to-the-latest one!

Algy demonstrates a different kind of signature in creativity.

23/08/2025

Yet another one. This has gotten some traction on Substack. Am proud of it!

Where Zoot shows us what step to take when confronted by the choices creative endeavors present us.

23/08/2025

Here's yet another one.

Zoot illustrates that going on a certain path might lead you to the uncomfortably uncertain.

23/08/2025

Here is another one of my experimental strips:

Lol's realization - with a little help from Melusine - on the things around us that only seem small, but may not be.

23/08/2025

Sorry once more for the gap in posting. Have been trying to do some class planning for September over this break while creating new comics. But here is a comic from June that I never posted here, but will now. It's an experimental one based on the notes function of Substack.
I never had a Twitter account, and never saw the point of having one. But the notes function on Substack is like what people tell me Twitter used to be like, before Elon came in and ruined it. If so, Twitter had more to it than what I gave it credit for. I routinely write short notes on Substack, usually on a daily basis, about creativity and encouragement.
So I started intermittently making three-panel comics based on some of my notes, in addition to my regular strips. So here's this one:

A Zoot & Algy take on connecting through the din.

09/08/2025

It's the latest on the 'stack. In it, Lol's lament over how he fumbled when he had the planning of the summer festival got unintentionally...a little lamentable.

In which an understandable lament is well, a little lamentable.