It’s always fun when Sophie imagines herself as an alpha wolf. This comic inspired her story arc for book 3. Sophie goes on a journey to discover what being an alpha really means. In fact, “Sophie” book 3 opens with her as a wolf.
Obviously I’m the one with the Doctor Who obsession. To be fair, Sophie was always on the couch next to me when I watched. I also had a Tardis cookie jar for dog treats. And yes, it makes “the noise” every time you open it.
Every parent knows this wish.
I have to be honest, I superimposed my doughnut obsession on Sophie. She never had a doughnut. However, her cheese addiction was real.
One of the true joys of puppies is that they will fall asleep anywhere at anytime.
Not sure how this one didn’t turn into an Alice in Wonderland comic. It’s always fun to have Sophie and Doug interpret grown up concepts.
Nothing better than a house full of puppies making trouble. They literally run till they pass out. Our Gunnar was the only foster I’ve ever encountered that never went through any of the normal puppy phases. To be honest, I thought something was wrong with him. Now that he’s part of the famly, we know he just marches to his own drummer…or whatever strange instrument that plays in his head.
Fortunately our cats weren’t big into knocking things off the counters. I think that’s because they spent most of their day outside. They were generally too tired for indoor mischief.
I’m pretty sure I saw something like this on America’s Funniest Home Videos back in the day.
I don’t have any window lickers but I have a house full of cabinet lickers.
Always a sad occasion.
Here it is, my favorite so far. This one was in the notebook for a long time. Kind of surprising considering I love drawing city scenes. Especially vintage style shops. Do wish I had the time to do a more detailed rendering. But I spent most of the time getting the eyeball dude right.
It’s one thing to doodle an idea that you think will work. It’s another to get it to work visually. This one had to be realistic enough so as not to come off as silly. And, if I did it too realistically, I think the creepiness meter would’ve been off the charts. Happy with the way it turned out. Although I think it could use some more atmosphere, like exhaust smoke or a few bits of litter on the street. Something that could make you smell and hear the city.
Till next time, when I’ll be posting a Star Wars themed comic. And if you want to view these cartoons sooner, I post them on my Instagram first. See you on the flis-side of T-Day! Have a great holiday!
This is an older cartoon, one of the first that made it out of my notebook for Primordial Syrup. As usual I’d love to redraw it, make it darker and have a much more detailed, grotesque creature perched on her head. Still, I love the mode of this one and the unanswered question of what exactly it is protecting her from.
Quick update for those wondering if these posts are only going to be single panel cartoons. Soon there will be much, much more. Book one of “The Conjurers” launches next July. That means I will be donning my marketers hat. It’s always been a small hat as I don’t have much room on my head for many more hats.
However, this time, I’m putting a lot more effort into that side of the creative business. Now that doesn’t mean I will be drudging on with endless promotions of “buy my book”. The good news it means I’ll be working on all the other fun stuff that comes along with the Conjurers series. For starters, the webcomic companion will be starting back up this Halloween.
For those not familiar, the webcomic was an experiment I undertook while writing the novels. It was only once a week and I allotted three hours max on the art. The characters are straight from the books. So if you’d like to meet the cast before next July, you can start reading here. And for those of you have been more than patiently waiting for the story to continue, you only have a few weeks wait left. And it shall continue between releases of the three books. There is so much to explore in that world, and my dream is to eventually bring on other artists to do some of the exploring.
Enough prattling for now. Much more to come, including giveaways and other such announcements. Soon, I’ll be putting together a book tour. If you know of any schools, libraries or book shops that might want to host an exhausted, but talkative author, drop me a line.
