Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, homographs look the same, and homonyms are everything that confuse the heck out of us and befuddle our brains in various linguistic ways. And there’s hardly anyone who knows them better than Bruce Worden, the founder of the ‘Homophones, Weakly’ project. It even has a homophone of ‘weekly’ in the name to gently poke fun at itself, too. It’s brilliant!
Bruce aims to provide a visual exploration, a philological adventure if you will, into the realm of homophones (and recently homographs) with minimalistic black and white illustrations.
You’ll find his best newest drawings below, dear Pandas. So put on your ‘I love English’ caps, scroll down, and upvote your favorite pictures. Want some more for dessert (or is that desert? [Wink wink, nudge nudge])? You’ll find Bored Panda’s first article about ‘Homophones, Weakly’ right over here.
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He first got published in 2011 and his picture book ‘Goodnight Keith Moon’ became a surprise hit. Since then, he’s won the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo’s SPACE Prize in 2016 for his ‘Woodstalk’ zombies series.
Bruce lives in Ann Arbor in Michigan together with his wife and son (and bike, according to his writer’s bio; can’t forget the bike). And we're hoping that he'll be showing us the playful side of English and pairing it with his wonderful illustrations for many years to come. Which of his illustrations and word pairs/groups did you enjoy the most, dear Pandas? Let us know in the comment section below.
