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BONUS: Turn Out the Lights

Bonus panel for my last comic!  Hubby came up with the idea for this Resident Evil Valentines Day "card" 

COMIC: Turn Out the Lights

I realized last night that I should probably do a Valentine's Day comic -oops!  Happy to say I managed to do this one in a day!  I'll see if I can get a bonus panel done for it tomorrow.

COMIC: Monkey See...

Anyone else catch themselves doing this?

BONUS Panel:

Trekkie WIP

I'm working on a Star Trek themed comic.  It's always so much fun figuring out the animal equivalents of "real world" characters.  Here Kirk is a golden retriever, Spock is an owl and Bones is a toad. 

COMIC: Teaching the Younglings

Being able to pass down your great wisdom is one of the best parts of parenting.

Don't miss the BONUS panel: http://bit.ly/2MTfKDa

Making of "How Old"

An animated GIF showing each step in making this comic.    

Someone on Instagram asked me:
"Do you have specific reasons you make a character a certain animal? Or do you just randomly pick an animal?"

"A little bit if both!  I’ll start by checking what types ...

How Old BONUS Out-take

I did this bonus panel for the "How Old" comic, but decided at the last minute that it confused the original joke a bit.  I mainly just liked the kids reaction faces ^_^

COMIC: How Old?

#SecondBornProblems

Making of "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

An animated GIF showing each step in making this comic.   

COMIC: Satisfaction Guaranteed

Amazon makes so many beautiful promises in the middle of the night!

COMIC: Dreading The Dentist

I'm lucky to have a bunch of funny parent friends.  Here's word-for-word advice one of them gave me! 

Making of "One Does Not Simply..."

An animated GIF showing each step in making this comic.  

The idea for this one came to me when I walking out of school holding the 2yo who'd just clawed a pebble out of his pocket.  He dropped it and immediately starting saying "Mine! Mine! Mine!" and without thinking I turned so...

Making of "Checkup"

An animated GIF showing each step in making this comic.  I kept messing with the bagel bites punchline throughout and I realized at the 11th hour that the doctor's head wasn't dolphiny enough.

COMIC: One Does Not Simply Walk Home From The Park

What is it about kids and rocks?!

You REALLY don't want to miss the BONUS panel: http://bit.ly/2Hi606i 

COMIC: Checkup

I hate it when they ask that question... 

UPDATE: I figured out a BONUS panel! http://bit.ly/2VUObNY

COMIC: Saw This Thing

Hot off the presses!  I literally just finished this one.  

Based on an actual conversation with my husband.

COMIC: So Quiet

I'm baaaaack and I can finally think again!  Not anything useful, but it's a start!

Don't miss the BONUS panel! http://bit.ly/2VorrWl

Meowy Christmas!

 Meowy Christmas everyone!  I wish you all a tantrum free holiday! 😸 

Litterbox Origins - story and 1st sketches

Sorry for being away for so long.  I just wasn't feeling the funny last week.  I'm back on it this week and nearly have a strip ready to go for you guys!  In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy seeing the first ever Litterbox sketches!

I first came up with Litterbox while...

COMIC: Elf Cat with a Hat

I'm pretty pleased with this one!  I knew I wanted to do an Elf on the Shelf one, but it all came together when I realized her head would blend perfectly with The Grinch!

Making of "O Christmas Tree"

I kept fiddling with the script on this one, trying to find the funniest angle.  In the end I asked some friends and they agreed that "angry mom" made a better ending, but the kitty face was too adorable to lose.  Yay for bonus panels! :)

COMIC: O Christmas Tree

Tis the season! 

Don't miss the BONUS panel http://bit.ly/2PgC09j

New Character

The pug mom was introduced way back in "Labor Stories" but nobody questioned why she had a "non pug" blue pup.  Well here's why -her husband is a pitbull!  

I've had this idea since the very start, but the last strip was my first opportunity to actually design him.  He was a ...

Making of "Fed is Best"

This one was TOUGH to draw!!  The first sketch was a lot more basic, but more people = funnier gag (pun intended!) so I changed the angle on the table to squeeze everyone in.  

At the last minute it dawned on me that the puffin mom shouldn't really be partaking in the wine, so I s...

COMIC: Fed is Best

Don't miss the BONUS panel:  http://bit.ly/2PYbd7e 

Sorry I didn't get a chance to early release this one to you guys.  Holiday weekend + very detailed...

Making of "No Take Backs"

An animated GIF showing each step in making this comic.  I switched around quite a bit on this one, especially in the 1st panel.  I wanted to show that the kid was deserving of the punishment, rather than have the dad being needlessly mean, so having his defiant little face showing help...

COMIC: No Take Backs

Some things just can't be unsaid!  

I'm still trying to think of a bonus for this one, but it was getting so late that I wanted to get the comic out to you guys.  Happy to hear bonus suggestions! :)

Time Lapse Video of "Hangry" coloring process

I prefer to video the entire process from sketch to the finished product, but the recording function on my iPad has been proving unreliable.  I'll think it's been recording the last few hours, only to find it's randomly decided to turn off.  VERY annoying!!!

This time, rather than...

Making of "Hangry"

An animated GIF showing the initial sketch, refined sketch, inks and then finished comic.  I made a couple big changes along the way on this one:

1) Although I was really pleased with the action in the initial sketches 3rd panel, it wasn't 100% clear that the Dad was shielding the kids...

COMIC: Hangry

There's a reason that breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

Don't miss the BONUS comic: http://bit.ly/2Dctw0J

I managed to document this one's creation pretty well, so expect a bunch of progress pics and a vid on Mon -b...