![logo for the Adventures of Yossi and Tal comic strip, text in Hebrew, showing the two bearded, male, Jewish main characters](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ytlogo-draft1.png)
Back in 2019, I started teaching myself Hebrew using Duolingo. Some of the sentences were so absurd, I started taking note of the most ridiculous examples (e.g. “I am a mushroom”) and illustrating them in Far-Side-style one-panel comics. I intended to see if Duolingo was interested in purchasing them for serial publication or use in bonus lessons or suchlike. And of course, as I drew the comics, Duolingo began codifying their visual style in a completely different direction from the style I had adopted.
So I originally shared The Adventures of Yossi and Tal with my Patrons on my currently-closed Patreon. I’m reposting them here to share with you publicly. I have a few ideas in my back pocket as to what I may eventually do with them, but for the time being, enjoy!
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-1-this-is-our-beer-1.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-2-I-am-a-mushroom-1.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-3-is-this-soup-or-water-1.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-4-I-have-an-eagle-1.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-5-the-lion-is-eating-a-boy.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-6-ducks-do-not-drink-beer.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-7-the-cows-want-to-eat.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-8-the-birds-speak.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-9-the-monkey-wants-gum.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-10-they-do-not-bake.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-11-is-this-an-apple-or-a-potato.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-12-this-is-not-a-vegetable.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-13-you-are-still-my-daughter.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-14-why-are-you-eating-your-fork.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-15-I-am-swimming-and-it-hurts.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-16-he-is-eating-eight-eggs.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-17-excuse-me-do-you-have-a-knife.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-18-this-is-bigger-on-the-inside.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-19-where-are-the-bears.png)
![](http://www.thingsfromaperson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yossital-20-she-is-becoming-an-animal.png)