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Making of "Applesauce"

This one happened word for word while the kids were eating applesauce.  6yo has quite a deadpan delivery, so I originally had him more serious at the beginning and end.  J suggested it would be funnier if he was cheerful instead, so I altered it and honestly I think it makes it!  H...

COMIC: Applesauce

Welcome to another installment of word for word dialogue from our house!

EDIT: Bonus panel! (Yes, he said this too)

🎶 12 Days of Momsmas 🎶

Happy Mother's Day!  Ready to SING?! :)

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Get your very own Fran Plushie HERE! 

COMIC: Mother's Day Gift (remastered)

I missed remastering this one last year, but that kind of worked out because I don't think I would have been able to push the style as far as I did this year!

EDIT: BONUS Panel!

He...

Sweet Wars Poster

I posted this before, but it's a bit hard to rummage through Patreon, so here it is again for May the Forth!  

Feel free to download and use as you please for personal (non-commercial) use :)

Making of "Heel-Turn"

The superhero ones are always a nightmare.  Everyone's in weird, complicated clothes, I need to get J to help me with the hulk anatomy AND I always want to give readers their moneys worth with the action!  I really, REALLY tried to keep this one simple, but it sort of spiraled.

Yo...

COMIC: Late

Aptly named comic!  Sorry I've been running a bit late.  That superhero one tired me out and then I had a bunch of stuff to take care of that I'd put off.  Getting back on track now!

BONUS Panel:

2021-05-03 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

10% Off Code!

The plushie is about to go live and I suddenly remembered they gave me a 10% code, which I promptly forgot to tell everyone about! 😅  Now scrambling to get the word out while the kids are running around me being about as awful as they can be.  Helpful! 

Anyway, the code is...

Going LIVE on Facebook TONIGHT!!

It hasn't been announced yet, but I'll be on Fowl Language's Drink & Draw tonight!  Just go to his Facebook page at 9PM EST to tune in.  It will also be available to watch afterwards.

Never do...

COMIC: Heel-Turn

Edit: Decided this comic reads best as a whole and I literally just finished part 2, so here it is all together!

If you have no idea what's going on, you better read last years comic first!

Making of "Good Boy"

When we're being serious with the kids we talk about how people are neither good nor bad and it's actions and choices that count -blah blah blah.... but outside of that, we mess around with them.  

Someone on Instagram said we should just "treat them equally" which made me laugh becaus...

COMIC: Good Boy

Sorry for being quiet, been busy working on this years Outliners comic for National Superhero day on the 28th.  The Supercats ones are SO much more work than a regular comic, I was worried I wouldn't be able to ...

COMIC: White Lies (remastered)

I always liked this one.  I thought it would be an easy remaster but all those expressions took ages to get just right!  I also tried to make it clearer that the top 3 panels happened at different times by adding props.

Here's the before (2018) and after:

2021-04-14 15:05:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Making of "Tag"

I've been wanting to do a WWE themed comic for a while and with WrestleMania on the horizon it seemed like a good time to figure one out.  As parents we often tag in and out like tag team partners and I thought it would be fun to show this literally.

I had a really hard time with the w...

She Arrived!

The prototype arrived and she's even nicer in person!!  Really well stuffed, lovely fabric and her eyes sort of glimmer in the light!

Only downside is the mug and phone are stitched on instead of being magnetic. Fingers crossed this can be changed for subsequent ones 

I can'...

Magnets

J:  You leave those magnets, no Sir.

4yo: ...

J:  Little man, don’t you start...

4yo:  fuck. ☹️😤

J:  WHAT DID YOU SAY?

4yo:  Bicycle?

3D Fran & Vincent!

I'm always very envious when I see artists post 3D renders that people have done of their work.  I've been surreptitiously following 3D artists that I liked, in the hopes that they'd notice me.  

Well it finally paid off!!  Because the very talented 2021-04-12 19:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Draw Ariel Challenge

There's a #drawARIELinyourstyle challenge going around Instagram in preparation for Mermay. 

My train of thought went like this:

It needs to be some sort of red land animal with a fish tail.  Googles.  Hmmmm, these are going to look weird if I slap long flowing hair on ...

COMIC: Tag

Fighting my printer (follow that "adventure" HERE) and almost forgot to post this!  Bonus panel incoming once I draw it! 

EDIT: (overworked) bonus panel!

2021-04-06 18:52:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Shusssh!! Super Secret!!

Look what I've been cooking up with Makeship! 😍

(The mug and phone attach with magnets!)

Making of "Calico"

OK, so obviously it's an April Fool's Day comic! 😜

I get comments about how their colors are "wrong" all the time.  So why are they the way they are?

I usually rock ginger hair (although less so with the pandemic!) so I liked the idea of Fran being ginger.  It was also a ...

Important announcement!

It has been brought to my attention that calico cats are usually female and ginger cats are usually male. I cannot apologize enough that my cartoon characters are not 100% scientifically accurate. I will make the necessary adjustments going forward.

BONUS Panel:

2021-04-01 14:41:09 +0000 UTC View Post

COMIC: Serenade

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Edit: BONUS Panel:

Making of "Saying NO."

I often find myself in the ridiculous position of denying breakfast requests and demanding they pick from whatever insane Pop-Tart or marshmallow based cereal we have in stock.  And they STILL grumble!

This seemed like it was going to be a simple comic, but I didn't think through havin...

COMIC: Saying No.

Sometimes you've got to put your foot down!

Edit: BONUS Panel!

Making of "Playtown"

I turned my nose up at classically "girly" things when I was little, but I've always had a soft spot for animals.  As such, Sylvanian Families (aka Calico Critters) crept in under my tomboy radar and I amassed a large collection.  My friend Tom would come over and we'd spend hours setti...

COMIC: Playtown

The 1st ever "Kitten Fran" comic!  I'm excited for you all to get to know her a little better! :)

Edit: Figured out that BONUS Panel! :)

Making of "One Of My Days"

My mood swings seem to be getting worse rather than better as I get older.   I know it's hormonal, because I'll be fine one day, then the bottom will fall out of my world the next.  Day or two later, I'm fine again, despite absolutely nothing external changing.

One of the wor...

Kitty Fran!

Working on the 1st "Kitty Fran" comic right now!  Before I did, I had to finalize her character, so here she is! :)

COMIC: One Of My Days...

Based on a true story 😅

BONUS Panel!