How I Make My Cartoons - Jay Penner
A behind-the-scenes look at the process of creating historical cartoons using Affinity tools and traditional sketching.
Read →Jay's Journal
Original posts on history, mysteries, writing, and other amusing topics.
Written by me, Jay Penner, not by AI.
An Assyrian Princess Scolds a Future Queen in 680 B.C.
2,700 years ago, Assyrian princess Å eru'a-eá¹irat wrote to her sister-in-law: "Why aren't you doing your homework?" A delightful ancient letter from Nineveh.
Read →Where's My Gold? A Babylonian King's Complaint to Pharaoh
Babylonian King Burnaburias wrote to Pharaoh Akhenaten around 1350 B.C.—complaining about missing gold, inadequate gifts, and a health check he never got.
Read →My First Unpublished Novel: A Cringeworthy 2010 Attempt
In 2010, I wrote my first novel—a London serial killer story called "14 Days." It was never published. Here's what I learned from my most embarrassing work.
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