This is Biz, and if hosting One Bad Mother for over 10 years has taught me anything,

it's that parenting is hard and nobody gives a shit. So belly up to the low bar,

where fine is good enough and you'll never feel alone. This is One Bad Mother.

This week on One Bad Mother, but if I fail as a cat parent, it's okay, right?

Jessica Hals, creator of the webcomic litterbox comics, joins to say yes. It's okay.

Welcome, Jessica. Hi. Hi. I think I had a cat just me out right on time there.

I don't really have a cat, but for anybody who is not already following Jessica and litterbox comics,

she was born in London, England in the early 80s and was always the quote cartoonist at school

and went to university for animation. She married Jay, aka ghost house in 2009 and they move to

Austin, Texas. That is a journey. After becoming a mom to two boys, Jessica wanted to do something

that combined cartoons with her newfound parenting knowledge. And in 2018, she struck upon the idea

of starting litterbox comics, a webcomic based on her family, but everyone is animals because she hates

drawing people. I can't draw anything except the exact same deserted island with one little person

sitting under a palm tree, which my husband says is very telling. I am so glad to have you here.

And I know Gabe is as well big big fan who lives in your house. Give me more. Give me more

than just the bio. I want to know who's walking around, crawling around, could be jumping in and out

of camera any minute. Tell me. Well, unfortunately the boys are at school, so I've had a nine-year-old

and a six-year-old. We've also got a dog called Space Pirate Captain Harlock, a Boston Terrier.

He is asleep at my feet. If you hear him snorting, it's him. I'm not farting. He might be farting too,

but they're pretty quiet. And then I've got two cats, which weirdly enough, we only got the

beginning of this year. So everyone's always like, what, you weren't a cat person before.

Well, what are the cat's names? We have Fiasco and Fneedo. It's a big F family. We've got going on here.

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