Author: Violet’s Vegan Comics

  • Save The Human!

  • Food Fight!

    FOOD FIGHT: Bullies Poisoning The ‘Hood Get Splattered! — Earth Amplified, feat. Stic of Dead Prez Brilliant! 😀

  • Wha Me Eat by Macka B

    Fantastic impossible-not-to-dance-to vegan music 😀

  • 20 Years of Hillside Animal Sanctuary

    These guys are amazing.  Not only do they provide sanctuary for over 2000 rescued animals, they also do undercover investigations into farms which lead to the exposure of horrible cruelty and the prosecution of the perpetrators.  Take a look at what they’ve accomplished over the last 20 years and support them if you can 🙂…

  • Save The Cow, Save The World

    10 acres of land will support: 61 people growing soya or 24 people growing wheat or 10 people growing maize or 2 people raising cattle. **** “The world’s cattle alone consume enough food to sustain nine billion people, which is what the world’s human population is projected to be by 2050.” Mimi Bekhechi, The Guardian,…

  • Savoury Muffins from Dosa Batter

    Originally posted on Chitra's Healthy Kitchen: About: These are tasty, light and flavoursome as well they’re incredibly easy to make if the dosa/crepes batter is handy. Personally, I’m particularly partial to a savoury muffin. You can whip up a batch in half an hour and have a perfect homemade offering to tuck into lunchboxes and…

  • Vegan Truffles!!!!

    Vegan Truffles!!!!

    Originally posted on Recipes and Tales from a Crunchy Vegan: I have never tried to make vegan truffles before. For some reason I thought it would be too difficult a feat. Boy was a wrong, and I have been missing out!!! I have two to share in recipes today- peanut butter pretzel and oreo. Ingredients:…

  • Let’s make a Love Blanket!

    Originally posted on The Veggy Side Of Me: I’m sharing a message of very special and extremely gifted friend Emily Cooper, and it would be nice if you could all help her making her love blanket! Emily Cooper Artworks INSANE REQUEST Hi everyone, I have a completely batty request to throw out there, please give me…

  • Recommended Reading: Hellen Hen

    This is a truly beautiful little book for reading to small children by Maria Luisa Arenzana and Antonella Canavese. It is full of surreal rhymes and stunning illustrations which convey a peaceful, loving message of compassion and empathy for animals, hens in particular. I love the verse on the above page which reads Our love…

  • Violet’s Anagram #3

    Can you get it before Miranda does? 😉

  • “Hee Hee” said the cow

        “Hee hee” said the cow, “Woo hoo” said the hen “Hurrah!” said the sow And the sheep cheered again. “He did it!” they cried                  As they skipped and they ran,                  “Farmer’s eyes opened wide,      …

  • Life-Giving Force

    Pop and crackle, Fizz and bubble, The witch stirs her cauldron On the fire in her hovel. *** She shrieks at the night It will happen alright, The life-giving force Of her potion’s in sight. *** It’s got onions and greens, Carrots and beans, There’s garlic and lentils, She’s hungry and keen To gobble it…

  • The Doctor Said

    “He’ll soon be dead,” The doctor said As she stood at the end Of her patient’s bed. *** “He ignored my advice, Never gave up his vice, ‘Those flesh foods will kill you’ I said more than twice.” *** The nurse shook his head As he straightened the bed, “Avoidable suffering, What a waste,” he…

  • Violet’s Anagram #2

    This one’s trickier.  Can you unscramble it faster than Miranda? 😀

  • Great News!

    Halong Bay bears set for rescue Following international pressure from animal lovers across the world, it has been announced that the Halong Bay bears can be rescued by Animals Asia.  Click here for the whole story, and to get an idea about the amazing work that Animals Asia do, look at Layla 🙂 And here…

  • Violet’s Anagram #1

    Can you solve it quicker than Miranda?

  • M is for Mackerel

    Mackerel    noun Oxford Dictionary definition:  Edible sea fish. Our definition:  The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) is a beautifully streamlined, fast-swimming fish. It has silver underparts and metallic green and blue upper parts with irregular bands along the back. And check out the Vegan Dictionary in the sidebar for words beginning with other letters, defined in…

  • Postcards

    We have just had some colourful postcards printed and would like to share them. We slip them into library books and books in second-hand shops (as if they were forgotten bookmarks) in the hope that someone will find them and be intrigued enough to look at the website. It’s quiet, easy, pleasant activism and who…

  • Back down to earth

    Click here for the story so far 😉 If you fancy growing your own delicious organic fruits and vegetables but you don’t have a garden, why not apply for an allotment?  Click here to find out how. It’s true that there are sometimes long waiting lists but not always. We were very lucky that our…

  • Say it with knitting!

    Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics: Whether it be on your clothes, a cushion cover or a patchwork blanket – you can say it with knitting! First of all decide what you want to write.  Then make a plan. You’ll need some squared paper which you can buy or make yourself.  Each square on the…

  • Touch the Earth

    Touch the Earth Feel the Earth, In contact with your skin. It just feels good Like soft earth would, And soothes you from within. ***** Earthing:  ” the practice of connecting the body with earth by touching skin to a conductive material such as grass (preferably wet), wet sand, a river, lake or sea. …… When…

  • Nature Returns

    When mankind retreats And leaves abandoned, Concrete slabs And platforms hardened, Nature returns With soft root and stem And swiftly reclaims What was trampled by them. She stretches and reaches, She grows and she smothers The cold ugly grey, And with colour recovers.

  • Apple Trees Revisited

    Remember we decided to grow our own apple trees from seed? Travel back in time to February 2014 to see how our apple trees began 🙂 They dropped all their leaves in the winter (we actually thought one of them had died and were going to plant something else in the pot) but then spring came…

  • Think To Question

    It’s right to listen to teachers When they tell a new fact to you, But still you can keep an open mind To consider if it’s true. They say it is because they think it is, But sometimes they’re mistaken. Someone told them a long time ago And they didn’t think to question.

  • Healthy School Lunches – we can make it happen!

    This webinar is a great resource for people who want to persuade their local schools, councillors and MP to introduce healthy, plant-based meal options onto the school menu 🙂

  • Violet’s Veg*n e-Comics Crossword

    Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics: There’s no need to print this out. Just save the picture; then open it in ‘Paint’ or equivalent picture editing program; increase size if necessary to make it a comfortable size to write on; choose a suitably-sized font and fill in the answers using the text tool. Here are…

  • L is for Lamb

  • K is for Kid

    To find out more about the wonderful world of Edgar’s Mission Sanctuary, click here 🙂

  • Why Must We Eat The Animals? Oh Why, Oh Why?

    Go to the Music Page for lots more great vegan music 🙂

  • I is for Inhuman

    Working on the vegan dictionary continues to be a very educational experience.  Finding words which are defined in a way that normalises animal exploitation, (such as animals being described simply in terms of how they taste or how they are used by humans; or horrible, violent practices described in a brief, matter-of-fact way as if they…

  • Chokeules – 40-Year-Old Vegan

    For more fantastic vegan music, visit the Music Page 😀

  • H is for Herbivore

    Herbivore    noun Oxford Dictionary definition:  Plant-eating animal Our definition:  Herbivores are animals which are anatomically designed to live on plants.  Herbivorous mammals have well-developed facial musculature, fleshy lips, a relatively small opening into the oral cavity and a thickened, muscular tongue. The lips aid in the movement of food into the mouth and, along…

  • Sarah the Vegetarian

    A friend of Vegan Smythe’s by the name of Sarah told him the story of her light bulb transformation from vegetarian to vegan. He loved the story so much that he made it into a song. For more lovely vegan music, check out our Music Page 😀

  • Blind Man and His Armless Friend Spend 10 Years Planting 10,000 Trees In China

    Originally posted on The Key of Immediate Enlightenment: A blind man named Jia Haixia and his friend, a double amputee with no arms named Jia Wenqi, have spent more than 10 years replanting trees to revive the once-barren environment around Yeli Village in northeastern China. Haixia was born blind in one eye and lost the…

  • G is for Greyhound

    Greyhound    noun Oxford Dictionary definition:  Slender swift dog used in racing. Our definition:  Greyhounds are quiet, gentle, and loyal.  They are very loving and enjoy the company of their humans and other dogs.   Jasmine, a beautiful, rescued greyhound puppy who grew up to be a permanent resident at Nuneaton & Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary and an…

  • New Music Page

    I’m so grateful to Eva Xanthopoulos for introducing me to vegan music – I had no idea there was so much out there!  So now we just have to have a music page 🙂  Click on the link in the sidebar on the right to see a whole bunch of happy vegan music videos, and/or watch this…

  • Plants by Zachmusic

    Thank you to Eva for sharing this beautiful song with me. Many thanks also to Zach of course 😀

  • Stress Wave

    For the story so far, click here Continues here.  Read it if you dare 😉

  • Vegan Story Time #3: Edmund’s Lunch

    You can find Edmund’s Lunch on the 2 years and up page 🙂

  • Last Chance

    For the story so far, click here Continues tomorrow … or read it here now

  • F is for Falcon

    Falcon    noun Oxford Dictionary definition:  Small hawk trained to hunt. Our definition:  A falcon is any one of 37 species of raptor in the genus Falco, widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica. Adult falcons have thin tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and to change direction rapidly.  Fledgling falcons, in their…

  • Election 2015: Frack-Free Promise

    The UK General Election is just weeks away. With MP candidates going all out to win our votes, this is a huge opportunity to push fracking up the political agenda. Can you ask your local candidates to promise to oppose fracking if they’re elected? Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are appealing to us all…

  • Psycho

    continues tomorrow, or read it here now

  • The Bamboo Toothbrush Puppet Show

    You can read I’ve got a bamboo toothbrush in Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids  or here where you’ll also find links to how to get your own bamboo toothbrush 🙂

  • 2027 AD: The World Was In Crisis

    That’s the scene set.  The story begins tomorrow 🙂 Or you can read it here now.

  • Beware Beware

    Maddicts (graphic novel for teens and up) …. starts tomorrow 😮

  • Brazil wants to fell millions of trees for aluminum – we say NO!

    Originally posted on The Metal Hare's Mix: Sign here.