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COMIC: Back to School

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The wall to wall back to school posts on my timeline reminded me of this comic from 2019.  It was a pretty simple one so I figured I'd just update it real quick!

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Making of "Green Eggs and Fran"

2 years ago I drew this Dr Seuss style Vincent for a bonus panel:

I was really pleased with it and wanted to do more.  I envisioned it being like "Green Eggs and Ham", where Fran begs Vincent to eat his dinner, but he stil...

COMIC: Green Eggs and Fran

I really enjoyed doing this one!  The "making of" coming soon...!

Making of "Nice, Relaxing Shower"

Being a first-time mum was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.  Our oldest was a colicky nightmare and those first few months were pure survival-mode.  Sneaking away for a shower was a heavenly thing, but my sleep deprived brain would find baby cries in the white noise of the water, keeping me constantly on...

COMIC: Nice, Relaxing Shower

This one goes out to all the new parents out there!  

Making of "Ready to Tumble"

The kids were playfighting on our bed -which is pretty high.  J walked in and 7yo (while getting repeated hit in the head with a pillow) cheerfully explained that they were playing "Idiots: Battle Arena", to which J replied "Looks like you're both winning" and left.

I wanted to up the ante for the comic -make them ...

Ready to Tumble

Based on true life events...

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Making of "Clever Hacks"

My oldest started playing Minecraft around the same age I got my NES (6ish) and I am constantly astounded by his abilities compared to mine.  I remember feeling VERY clever holding the Zapper up to the screen, it never once dawning on me that I was just cheating!  Roll on to my kid, a year younger, making this "Nerf...

COMIC: Clever Hacks

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Making of "Rad"

This was a word for word back and forth I overheard between J and our oldest.  I'm unsure of the year, but judging by the way he's talking, he must have been 2-3ish?  They were lying on their tummies in our bed, kicking their feet up in the air and watching something on the iPad.  They looked like a couple of 9...

DOG COMIC: Rad

Slice of life in the doggo household!

Making of "So Obvious"

My oldest threw this one at me when he was about 5.  Told to me like I was some kind of moron.

The funny thing is so much of parenting is figuring out when to "ignore yourself"!  It's near constant mental gymnastics to work out which way to go on every request (demand!) 😅

I didn't want them both just ...

COMIC: So Obvious

Kiddo threw this logic at me!

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Making of "So Fun"

I got this idea at a birthday party my oldest attended. The venue had a rock climbing wall and we were both excited for him to have a go -until I had to sign the "You can't sue us if we kill your kid" paperwork!  

I choked my terror down of course -and he was fine (dumbass goofed around doing Spiderman jumps with t...

COMIC: So Fun!

How it feels to be a parent at one of these places!

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Making of "Influencers"

The mailboxes in our neighborhood are grouped together and there's only room for a couple of cars next to them.  You park up, grab mail and go as quickly as possible to make room for someone else.  Not everyone got the memo though and one day there was a car stopped right in the middle with a lady standing outside, ...

COMIC: Influencers

Real life conversation that happened recently.  

*No old ladies were harmed in the making of this comic -they were just being silly!*

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Making of "Healthy Snacktime"

This one went through quite a few changes!  Let's start at the beginning... 

Sometimes I sneak a little treat for myself while the kids are distracted.  I'm not proud of it -actually, that's a lie. There's definitely some pride in getting away with it! :)  

Sometimes at snacktime they'll ask fo...

Making of "Big Feelings"

A fan tagged me in this fantastic tweet last year, saying it sounded like a Litterbox Comic -she wasn't wrong!  I put a note of it away in my files, but I think I must have just recreated someone else's tweet and didn't want...

Making of "Howl" (and the Dog Family)

I've had a big list of dog comic ideas for a while.  J and I were out shopping (coincidentally in Target!) when he suggested making the dog comics a Patreon exclusive thing.  Having them exist away from the cats solved a lot of storytelling problems I was having.

The next step was fleshing out the characters. ...

DOG COMIC: Howl

Here's the very first Patreon exclusive Dog Comic!  I've had a bunch of doggie ideas in my notes for years, but it's hard to wrangle them into a cat-centric comic.  Finally I can "let the dogs out!" :)

Switching things up a little next month!

I've made a deal with Webtoon where they'll get new Litterbox Comics a week before anyone else. That means you’ll no longer have to pledge $5 to get your paws on early release comics; you can just go to We...