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Michael D. Kennedy

Michael D. Kennedy is a British cartoonist and illustrator. His work has been published in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and elsewhere. He is the author of a collection of short stories, Milk White Steed (Drawn & Quarterly, forthcoming). He lives in Birmingham, UK, with his wife. 

Illustrator

Illustration by Michael Kennedy

Reality Marble

Spring 2022 | Memoir

One day, while cutting the grass outside Lustrik Corp., Joey came across a garter snake. At Birds Birds Birds they were $11.99 each, but here was one for free, unscathed by lawn-mower blades, slithering right over the boy’s foot. It was the biggest he’d ever seen, and the first brown one.