I'm a graphic designer and illustrator. I started my comic blog Tall N Curly back in 2012 to share my tall girl problems. Do you remember my previously posted funny comics about "25 Problems I Face When Being A Tall And Curly-Haired Girl" here on Bored Panda?
I wanted to create some space in my life for something creative that had nothing to do with my work. By doing so, I realized I was telling the everyday problems of so many other women. Women, who, just like me, want and need to be reminded that it's OK, fun and even special to be different and to own who they are.
Since I started my webcomic series, I've had the opportunity to talk with so many amazing women who shared their girl problems with me. Whether they're tall, short, skinny, curvy, their stories about living their life and not being able to fit any mold inspire my cute drawings every day.
Thanks to them, I never lack inspiration or have to try hard making these relatable comics... There's always something new to tell!
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A Tall Girl's Life: Watching A Movie With A Taller Girlfriend
A Tall Girl's Life: Annoying Questions
A Tall Girl's Life: Annoying Short Dudes
A Tall Girl's Life: Shopping For Clothes
When My 6'3" Cousin And I Are Together, Some People Feel Like It's An Amazons Invasion
A Tall Girl's Life: Looking Up Celebrities Height On The Internet
How To Tall Girl
When someone asks if you play basketball you should ask them if the play miniature golf
A Tall Girl's Life : Going Shopping With Your Short Bff
A Tall Girl's Life: Annoying Short Dudes
A Tall Girl's Life: On The Plane
I honestly cannot understand how airlines get away with this. I'm a hobbit and even I feel like I have absolutely no room.
Not In The Dryer
Being 1m78, my girlfriend also being 1m78 (i know it's cool ;) ) and her mother being 1m84 i can relate to sooo many of these....
A Tall Girl's Life: My Cousin Mel And The Fridge
I left an opened tin of cat food on the fridge once, about a week later came down to my missus screaming about something on top of the fridge, got on tip toe and yeah maggots everywhere, last time i ever left anything on top of the fridge.
True Story...
I'm a non-binary genderqueer apache helicopter. My pronouns are "xir majesty".
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"I am TALL. That's my gender, grandpa". Seriously, if they cannot tell...
Creepy. Anyone asking this is a pervert. There's no excuse for asking the most personal, bad mannered, invasive question ever.
This is SOOO true... it happens to me a lot of times, especially when they tell me "boy"
oh my GOD!!!! I am one of the tall gals and I get asked this CONSTANTLY!!! I am so happy you are making these comics, THANK GOD
Seriously?! WHY are people so annoying about that? I cannot stand listening about how tall or short someone is.
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I know, who gives a f**k, if you can't tell the gender of a person just by looking at them then just go about your life, who cares
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You’re my spirit animal! I’m 6’3” and have really curly hair and these comics are spectacularly true in every sense of the word. Thank you!!
I wish I could still draw, I used to get questions like this often, now I'm a wheelchair user, I get a whole different set of utterly inappropriate questions 😂
Ik wat she thinking right now. How about GET OUT OF MY FACE she thinks that
it's ok for older people to ask sometimes they are genuinely confused
Some times one sometimes the other sometimes both sometimes neither
I get this and I'm not even that tall, I'm just not pretty
A Tall Girl's Life: Taking A Shower At Some Friends' Place
A Tall Girl's Life: Short Menances
A Tall Girl's Life: Cooking In Someone Else's Kitchen
A Tall Girl's Life: Christmas Gifts
I'm sorry, just... no... do NOT buy people, ANYONE, clothes as a gift unless they specifically asked for it AND you know EXACTLY what size they WANT.
A Tall Girl's Life: I Could Never Be...
A Tall Girl's Life: I Could Never Be...
At The Movies
A Tall Girl's Life: Mirrors
I'm only slightly taller than average and I get this issue. Worked in a place where the mirror was set up at a height for wheelchair-users, even though the restroom itself was anything BUT accessible. On the plus side, I always knew how good my rack looked!
A Tall Girl's Life: I Could Never Be...
A Tall Girl's Life: Invisible
People judging you all the time gets very annoying, even if they don't mean to be mean or whatever...They look at you and it's f**king annoying...
A Tall Girl's Life: Spooning With A Shorter Boyfriend
A Tall Girl's Life: Unleveled Sidewalks
Tall People Born In The '70s And '80s Will Get This
People do love to point out the obvious, as if somehow you've missed it! I get that about my skin colour with comments like 'Wow, aren't you pale?!' AM I???? One of these days I'm going to tell someone I didn't know as I don't have a reflection.
I'm Native American. People give me looks if I mention this without the caveat of I KNOW my skin is PALE. I can't go to the beach without my (brown) family making snide remarks and jokes about how they're blinded. They all inherited a tan and I did not. I got sun poisoning every time I burn so I have to avoid sun exposure and now I am super pale.
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I would say as a general rule don't point out certain features of a person unless you are genuinely and clearly complimenting them. It just makes people feel self-concious.
Why make yourself smaller? If you're tall ... embrace it and be tall. The spooning problem also exists if both partners are of equal height.
Good point, embrace who you are, don't complain about it.
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Is being 5'9 short in y'all's opinion? I had my growth spurt late. But yes, I do have thick and curly hair that makes combing it like taming a lion.
Just did some reading up on this and here are the averages of a few countries (accepting that there will always be anomolies); for a woman raised in the United States the average height is currently 5ft 4in. In UK it is 5ft 3in, in India it is 5ft, in Belgium it's just over 5 ft 4in and the same for the Netherlands. Latvian women are tallest being on average 5 ft 5.7in. (so nearly 5ft 6in). Being 5 inches taller than most countries 'average' is pretty much going to be considered tall rather than short. I'm sure that some studies probably produce variations on these heights but I doubt that there is much difference overall.
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I'm a powerchair user I understand yourfrustration as I get a load of staring and inane "jokes" stupid questions etc. People are just rude or think they are the first person to ever say that joke ugh like "are you allowed to drink and wheel" its a powerchair not a car I'm allowed to drink like every other pedestrian! there with you.
I used to be tall. I was 5'11 and wore 5 inch heels sometimes. I can relate to all of these comics. Because of back problems and such, I have lost 3 inches and am now 5'8". I still feel kind of tall. My hubby is 5'10" and now he loves it when I stand next to him and he is the taller one. I miss my 3 inches even tho' it was a pain in the a*s at times and finding clothes to fit was next to impossible.
I've lost height due to my back problems as well. Painful and frustrating, isn't it? Was horrified the first time I was measured at the doctors and so really struggled to get as tall as possible the next time - made no difference.
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Most of these are over exaggerated or something that could easily be fixed by not being equally obnoxious about others height . If you want people to respect you, be respectful or ignore them it's better than walking around with a tall chip on your shoulder.
Same being too thin. Everyone must tell me the same 5 jokes, "Don't you eat?", "Do you carry a heavy rock in windy days?". OMG, guys, you are so original, I dont have mirrors in my home'! :D
When I was thin, a neighbor grilled me about my weight and when I told her (90# at the time) she insisted I must weigh even less. "You're lying," she kept saying - "You're lying." This was the same day I got out of the hospital after a 5-day stay (for a severe allergic reaction, not an eating disorder). I didn't have the strength for a snappy comeback.
Load More Replies... What is so much of this have to do around having a boyfriend who is shorter than you..... are you so shallow that you can’t live a life without a man in it??? If he’s too short for you then don’t date him. Don’t lead him on don’t build him up you wanna break his heart you callous c**t
no offense but I don't think you are in any bad problem there are people who have made comics on their dying dogs, serious mental and physical illnesses losing people I don't think this comic needed to be made.
Yep. And you quickly know which men are a******s and can't handle you being taller than them. So you can weed out thew a******s quick.
I'm 5'6", which is tall for where I live, but my torso is longer than my arms. In School the length of shorts had to be beyond the end of your fingertips to be accepted. My fingertips didn't reach past my underwear at the leg! And when jump suits were in style (onesies) I got left out because all of them turned into atomic wedgies.
These are wonderful- all completely on track. Super funny. Add shopping in the tall men's department, praying to find some efeminiate clothes.
Same for being short. I've even had men say "you're so f***ing short" like they're so perceptive. Only I cant reach the very top shelf of our cabinets without a step stool and I would get smacked in the face with backpacks walking down the hallway in high school during class changes. There is an upside tho, it's a lot easier to move through crowds. People see me pushing through and just move out the way like I'm a child trying to make my way to the front.
I once noticed that a tall and beautiful girl in the same group I was had learned -- knowingly on unknowingly -- to stand and sit in the way that it seemed she wasn't taller than others. It made me so sad. I've had some comments myself, and I'm not even that tall
I'm only somewhat above average for a girl and have also spend most of my life trying to look smaller. When seating I almost lay down on the sit so I'm not too tall. I have pretty bad posture even now because of it.
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I really enjoyed this even though I am really short. Some of the tall disses are just brilliant.
I love these ! I can relate to them all. Here’s another: being asked to retrieve something off a high shelf. Happens to me quite a bit in the grocery store!
Both of my daughters are approx. 6 ft. I am 5'3 1/2". When I am in the middle, I call them bookends!
It is funny, but I am not sure I am really getting this. I am a 185cm/6feet quite sninny man and I don't think I have ever got problems or any speciall excitement about girls taller or heavier than myself. Well... I've kind of think sometimes that must be nice to have a skinny tall (no problem if taller, but I hardly know any in real life) girlfriend but it just never happened and I have priorities other than phisical looks.
I think that in the image # 28, in which you put a boyfriend lower than you going down the street, you behave and ridicule him in the same way as those who judge you. You say that you do not want them to notice you and you worry about what they think about you, in that situation.
this kinda annoys me. Like isn't she just like 180 cm? Compared to a lot of people, that's not that tall. She always draws herself so much taller than everyone else but man I have at least three friends who are about 170 cm, and we're in MIDDLE SCHOOL. She's NOT THAT TALL.
Love this!! I’m so bored of people saying- you’re so tall! Then there’s no other comment like- it’s great, you’re fab! How annoying. It’s jusy bloody pointless!
LOVE IT! KEEP MAKING THEM Tall N Curly, wonderful job! As another tall woman I was just so freaking happy.
Why do people feel the need to be obnoxious jerks by asking smart a*s questions when they meet someone on the taller side? Why???
I LOVE these comics and can relate to all of them. I'm 6'. My boyfriend is 5'10" (which is my cut-off). The clothes... the mirrors... the showers... Yup, been there. How about creating a comic of a photo of you with your normal sized friends? I love my height, but when I see pictures of me and my friends, I feel like either an Amazon, or I'm surrounded by children. ha! Or how about a comic of being mistaken for a man? Has that happened?? I'm very obviously a woman (features, hair, feminine body), but NUMEROUS times over the years (especially in winter with big coat and hair covered, I've had people initially mistake me for a dude. "May I help you, sir?" in Home Depot, for example. Then I turn around to see their mortified face. ugh. And why do cute shoes tend to stop at size 10!?!? I'm 6' tall and size 11, and I'm sure lots of super models are up there with me. Then why is it so hard to find cute shoes!?!? I just saw the Broadway show "Kinky Boots" and found myself sighing.
Criticisms: 1) I think you are making a bigger problem out of a smaller one. 2) Using the same drawing, several times in a row, just changing the speech bubble, doesn't make for an interesting read, it also highlights and makes the next criticism more apparant: 3) You only have one joke, a whole comic series dedicated to one joke gets old, fast, which is a problem when: 4) This isn't very funny. Relatable humour is a difficult thing to make funny, and I have to say here it fails, in every way. Pros: The art's pretty good, although a little crude in places.
While not a girl I can still relate to almost everything on this list. Being 6'9" I can't even count how many times I get have my height pointed out to me every day.
*sigh* this has been my life summed up so perfectly. Being 6 foot tall is no easy feat
You forgot the most common one I get: Could you give me *smth* from the top shelf?....and tree branch dodging while wearing heels :D
Asking someone to do a favour for you, just because you can reach it is not obnoxious or rude. If you treat it as such, you are the one, in fact being rude and obnoxious.
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Some were definitely on point, but many were just weird. If the girl is over 6ft though, as I am only 5"10 there would be an even bigger gap, but I got all the up there jokes etc and the feet being boats etc. I did ride horses though, do not see how a tall gangly girl would be more cumbersome to a horse than a grown man. I also found all the 'at a friends house' ones so weird, again the friend is not building the kitchen lower, it would be standard counters etc, so the same issues in all houses including their own. On the good sides though... In the 80's never got asked for ID to go into clubs or pubs when underage because TALL! Get asked by people in supermarkets if I can reach something for them, which I am always happy to do, because it would really suck to not be able to especially for the elderly. I have become very good at picking things up with my toes and bringing them up to my hand, who wants to bend down that low to grab the lid to a pen :P
Lol omg I'm 5'11" HATE bending down to get stuff! But maybe I'm lazy lol.
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I'm 177cm, not really tall, and still have problems finding clothes especially pants.
I'm exactly the same height as you, and it never comes up in conversation or anything. Am I missing something??
Ok, I like this because I can share my experience. My friend, or more so: SUPER MEGA BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE is only 4'9? I think... And i'm 5'3 or 4, and every single time, I swear. I have to get the cookies for her.
So, from the looks of your comments, Turd and Ruin here is the tiny guy without chin?
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Sounds like all the mouthy little people with the 'smart' cracks shouldn't be so hung up on height, Bill.
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the problem with height is that your either too short or too tall. People rarely have the perfect height. why does Mother Nature do this to us.
People do love to point out the obvious, as if somehow you've missed it! I get that about my skin colour with comments like 'Wow, aren't you pale?!' AM I???? One of these days I'm going to tell someone I didn't know as I don't have a reflection.
I'm Native American. People give me looks if I mention this without the caveat of I KNOW my skin is PALE. I can't go to the beach without my (brown) family making snide remarks and jokes about how they're blinded. They all inherited a tan and I did not. I got sun poisoning every time I burn so I have to avoid sun exposure and now I am super pale.
Load More Replies... I would say as a general rule don't point out certain features of a person unless you are genuinely and clearly complimenting them. It just makes people feel self-concious.
Why make yourself smaller? If you're tall ... embrace it and be tall. The spooning problem also exists if both partners are of equal height.
Good point, embrace who you are, don't complain about it.
Load More Replies... Is being 5'9 short in y'all's opinion? I had my growth spurt late. But yes, I do have thick and curly hair that makes combing it like taming a lion.
Just did some reading up on this and here are the averages of a few countries (accepting that there will always be anomolies); for a woman raised in the United States the average height is currently 5ft 4in. In UK it is 5ft 3in, in India it is 5ft, in Belgium it's just over 5 ft 4in and the same for the Netherlands. Latvian women are tallest being on average 5 ft 5.7in. (so nearly 5ft 6in). Being 5 inches taller than most countries 'average' is pretty much going to be considered tall rather than short. I'm sure that some studies probably produce variations on these heights but I doubt that there is much difference overall.
Load More Replies... I'm a powerchair user I understand yourfrustration as I get a load of staring and inane "jokes" stupid questions etc. People are just rude or think they are the first person to ever say that joke ugh like "are you allowed to drink and wheel" its a powerchair not a car I'm allowed to drink like every other pedestrian! there with you.
I used to be tall. I was 5'11 and wore 5 inch heels sometimes. I can relate to all of these comics. Because of back problems and such, I have lost 3 inches and am now 5'8". I still feel kind of tall. My hubby is 5'10" and now he loves it when I stand next to him and he is the taller one. I miss my 3 inches even tho' it was a pain in the a*s at times and finding clothes to fit was next to impossible.
I've lost height due to my back problems as well. Painful and frustrating, isn't it? Was horrified the first time I was measured at the doctors and so really struggled to get as tall as possible the next time - made no difference.
Load More Replies... Most of these are over exaggerated or something that could easily be fixed by not being equally obnoxious about others height . If you want people to respect you, be respectful or ignore them it's better than walking around with a tall chip on your shoulder.
Same being too thin. Everyone must tell me the same 5 jokes, "Don't you eat?", "Do you carry a heavy rock in windy days?". OMG, guys, you are so original, I dont have mirrors in my home'! :D
When I was thin, a neighbor grilled me about my weight and when I told her (90# at the time) she insisted I must weigh even less. "You're lying," she kept saying - "You're lying." This was the same day I got out of the hospital after a 5-day stay (for a severe allergic reaction, not an eating disorder). I didn't have the strength for a snappy comeback.
Load More Replies... What is so much of this have to do around having a boyfriend who is shorter than you..... are you so shallow that you can’t live a life without a man in it??? If he’s too short for you then don’t date him. Don’t lead him on don’t build him up you wanna break his heart you callous c**t
no offense but I don't think you are in any bad problem there are people who have made comics on their dying dogs, serious mental and physical illnesses losing people I don't think this comic needed to be made.
Yep. And you quickly know which men are a******s and can't handle you being taller than them. So you can weed out thew a******s quick.
I'm 5'6", which is tall for where I live, but my torso is longer than my arms. In School the length of shorts had to be beyond the end of your fingertips to be accepted. My fingertips didn't reach past my underwear at the leg! And when jump suits were in style (onesies) I got left out because all of them turned into atomic wedgies.
These are wonderful- all completely on track. Super funny. Add shopping in the tall men's department, praying to find some efeminiate clothes.
Same for being short. I've even had men say "you're so f***ing short" like they're so perceptive. Only I cant reach the very top shelf of our cabinets without a step stool and I would get smacked in the face with backpacks walking down the hallway in high school during class changes. There is an upside tho, it's a lot easier to move through crowds. People see me pushing through and just move out the way like I'm a child trying to make my way to the front.
I once noticed that a tall and beautiful girl in the same group I was had learned -- knowingly on unknowingly -- to stand and sit in the way that it seemed she wasn't taller than others. It made me so sad. I've had some comments myself, and I'm not even that tall
I'm only somewhat above average for a girl and have also spend most of my life trying to look smaller. When seating I almost lay down on the sit so I'm not too tall. I have pretty bad posture even now because of it.
Load More Replies... I really enjoyed this even though I am really short. Some of the tall disses are just brilliant.
I love these ! I can relate to them all. Here’s another: being asked to retrieve something off a high shelf. Happens to me quite a bit in the grocery store!
Both of my daughters are approx. 6 ft. I am 5'3 1/2". When I am in the middle, I call them bookends!
It is funny, but I am not sure I am really getting this. I am a 185cm/6feet quite sninny man and I don't think I have ever got problems or any speciall excitement about girls taller or heavier than myself. Well... I've kind of think sometimes that must be nice to have a skinny tall (no problem if taller, but I hardly know any in real life) girlfriend but it just never happened and I have priorities other than phisical looks.
I think that in the image # 28, in which you put a boyfriend lower than you going down the street, you behave and ridicule him in the same way as those who judge you. You say that you do not want them to notice you and you worry about what they think about you, in that situation.
this kinda annoys me. Like isn't she just like 180 cm? Compared to a lot of people, that's not that tall. She always draws herself so much taller than everyone else but man I have at least three friends who are about 170 cm, and we're in MIDDLE SCHOOL. She's NOT THAT TALL.
Love this!! I’m so bored of people saying- you’re so tall! Then there’s no other comment like- it’s great, you’re fab! How annoying. It’s jusy bloody pointless!
LOVE IT! KEEP MAKING THEM Tall N Curly, wonderful job! As another tall woman I was just so freaking happy.
Why do people feel the need to be obnoxious jerks by asking smart a*s questions when they meet someone on the taller side? Why???
I LOVE these comics and can relate to all of them. I'm 6'. My boyfriend is 5'10" (which is my cut-off). The clothes... the mirrors... the showers... Yup, been there. How about creating a comic of a photo of you with your normal sized friends? I love my height, but when I see pictures of me and my friends, I feel like either an Amazon, or I'm surrounded by children. ha! Or how about a comic of being mistaken for a man? Has that happened?? I'm very obviously a woman (features, hair, feminine body), but NUMEROUS times over the years (especially in winter with big coat and hair covered, I've had people initially mistake me for a dude. "May I help you, sir?" in Home Depot, for example. Then I turn around to see their mortified face. ugh. And why do cute shoes tend to stop at size 10!?!? I'm 6' tall and size 11, and I'm sure lots of super models are up there with me. Then why is it so hard to find cute shoes!?!? I just saw the Broadway show "Kinky Boots" and found myself sighing.
Criticisms: 1) I think you are making a bigger problem out of a smaller one. 2) Using the same drawing, several times in a row, just changing the speech bubble, doesn't make for an interesting read, it also highlights and makes the next criticism more apparant: 3) You only have one joke, a whole comic series dedicated to one joke gets old, fast, which is a problem when: 4) This isn't very funny. Relatable humour is a difficult thing to make funny, and I have to say here it fails, in every way. Pros: The art's pretty good, although a little crude in places.
While not a girl I can still relate to almost everything on this list. Being 6'9" I can't even count how many times I get have my height pointed out to me every day.
*sigh* this has been my life summed up so perfectly. Being 6 foot tall is no easy feat
You forgot the most common one I get: Could you give me *smth* from the top shelf?....and tree branch dodging while wearing heels :D
Asking someone to do a favour for you, just because you can reach it is not obnoxious or rude. If you treat it as such, you are the one, in fact being rude and obnoxious.
Load More Replies... Some were definitely on point, but many were just weird. If the girl is over 6ft though, as I am only 5"10 there would be an even bigger gap, but I got all the up there jokes etc and the feet being boats etc. I did ride horses though, do not see how a tall gangly girl would be more cumbersome to a horse than a grown man. I also found all the 'at a friends house' ones so weird, again the friend is not building the kitchen lower, it would be standard counters etc, so the same issues in all houses including their own. On the good sides though... In the 80's never got asked for ID to go into clubs or pubs when underage because TALL! Get asked by people in supermarkets if I can reach something for them, which I am always happy to do, because it would really suck to not be able to especially for the elderly. I have become very good at picking things up with my toes and bringing them up to my hand, who wants to bend down that low to grab the lid to a pen :P
Lol omg I'm 5'11" HATE bending down to get stuff! But maybe I'm lazy lol.
Load More Replies... I'm 177cm, not really tall, and still have problems finding clothes especially pants.
I'm exactly the same height as you, and it never comes up in conversation or anything. Am I missing something??
Ok, I like this because I can share my experience. My friend, or more so: SUPER MEGA BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE is only 4'9? I think... And i'm 5'3 or 4, and every single time, I swear. I have to get the cookies for her.
So, from the looks of your comments, Turd and Ruin here is the tiny guy without chin?
Load More Replies... Sounds like all the mouthy little people with the 'smart' cracks shouldn't be so hung up on height, Bill.
Load More Replies... the problem with height is that your either too short or too tall. People rarely have the perfect height. why does Mother Nature do this to us.
