I had no idea what the girl was going to write on the chalkboard for "Punchline", but made it clear she had better think of something by the time her "set" was complete.
In the meantime i had been listening to Joanna Newsom and one of her lyrics is "it was a funny, funny little thing" and i thought, HeY! That's what a Punchline is… It's a funny little thing!

So there you have it.

Mixed Media & Cut Paper Illustration in Moleskine.

When a child's voice is taken away, the child is essentially
forgotten. All children need and deserve a voice. Their own voice,
thank you very much.

A quick rendering in gouache and ink for IF.