Cassandra Calin Comics turn the smallest everyday moments into strips that feel like they came straight out of your own life. The artist draws herself with long curly hair and one tiny curl sticking up on top, usually alongside her boyfriend, in a clean black-and-white style that’s instantly recognizable.
She covers it all: jeans that won’t fit, pockets that swallow phones, winter that lasts forever and summers that are somehow worse. Some strips are pure slapstick, while others gently capture anxiety and social burnout.
Here are 20 Cassandra Calin Comics that will make you laugh, nod and probably send a few to your best friend.
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20 of the Best Cassandra Calin Comics
1. Running Is a Cheap Sport, Right?
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She tells a friend she loves running because it’s such a cheap sport. Then come the $300 shoes, the race registration fee and a running watch priced at over $1,000.
2. Coming Home on a Hot Day
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She drags herself through the door, drenched in sweat, with blisters and chafing from a long summer day. Off come the sandals, the cap and the shorts, until she melts onto the couch.
3. I Can’t Wait for Summer
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Staring at the snow, she swears she can’t wait for summer so she can go out all the time. Summer arrives, she steps outside into a wall of heat and slams the door right back shut.
4. My Work Companion, Steve
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She introduces her work companion, Steve, a spider who lives in a web outside her office window and eats bugs all day. She waves at him happily, very grateful there’s glass between them.
5. Tan Out of Tan
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Her boyfriend proudly shows off his summer tan, complete with a very pale tan line. She delivers the perfect pun, calling him a tan out of tan, and he loves it.
6. Haircuts on Fine, Curly Hair
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Short bob, bangs, layers or a blunt cut: every option looks a little different on fine, curly hair, and her expression gets less hopeful with each one. Anyone with curls will feel this.
7. One of Those Days
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A completely wordless strip about a numb, low-energy day. She stares blankly at the TV, at her toast, at the frisbee that bonks her head and at the dog that wanders right past her in the park.
8. My Bedtime’s at 9
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Her phone pings with an invite: group hangout tomorrow at 9, are you coming? She types fast and sends the most honest reply possible: her bedtime is at 9.
9. Women’s Sweatpants vs. Men’s Sweatpants
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In women’s sweatpants, her phone barely fits in the pocket. In men’s sweatpants, the pockets are so deep that her phone disappears into an endless starry void.
10. On My 30th Birthday
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She spent her 30th birthday in Japan with her love, which sounds perfect. Then she accidentally ate meat for the first time in 10 years, caught a brutal cold and missed her flight home.
11. The Fitting Room Jeans Test
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Before buying new jeans, she puts them through a full workout in the fitting room: high kicks, deep squats and a bend to the floor. Only then does she give them two thumbs up.
12. Trying to Follow a Loud Conversation
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At a crowded bar, music notes fill every inch of the panel and everyone’s words blur together. She nods along, more lost with every panel, until her face is pure confusion.
13. My Name Means Hug
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Whenever French speakers hear her last name, they melt, because câlin means hug in French. That makes her, officially, Cassandra Hug, and the ID card in the last panel proves it.
14. New Year, Same Me
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The fireworks go off and the new year begins. Then she tosses her party clothes, slips into a cozy robe and face mask, and greets the new year from under a blanket. Same me, same energy.
15. Don’t Run From Anxiety
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She runs from a big, fluffy monster labeled anxiety until the advice kicks in: don’t run, sit with it. So she sits across the table from it, and the monster ends up looking more nervous than she does.
16. Reading the Menu
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The drink menu is a blur, so she squints, then puts on her glasses for a clear look. Now she can read every pun-filled cocktail name, and every painful price next to it.
17. First Time Leaving the House in Weeks
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She braves the snow for the first time in weeks and walks into a café, glasses fogged up. When the barista asks what she wants, her brain glitches and only random sounds come out.
18. The Sweetest Person in the World
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Her boyfriend gushes that she’s the sweetest person in the world and gives her a kiss on the cheek. She blushes innocently, with a tiny pair of red devil horns peeking out of her curls.
19. The Evolution of Jeans
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Skinny jeans make her grumpy. Straight-leg jeans get a shrug. Wide-leg jeans bring a smile, and by the time the pants are as wide as a ball gown, she’s beaming.
20. Stunning
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She opens a cute photo of herself with her boyfriend and zooms in. Not on him, but on her own perfect winged eyeliner, which she declares absolutely stunning.
