Mathematics

   THE CHARACTER THAT REALLY STRUGGLES in school is Walter, and the person who hardly does any work yet manages to scrape up some A's is Carrotfoot. His choice of exclamation in the third panel was a Peter Rabbit reference, and I put it in the comic to hint at Carrotfoot's rabitty nature. Although the characters act like humans, they are still animals at heart, and that's one thing I'd like to portray more in Carrotfoot.
   Also, this is the 100th Carrotfoot comic!
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The Meeting

  MY FATHER, A BUSINESS OWNER, GAVE ME the idea for this comic, which is based on his own experiences. 

  In the first panel, we see some diversity in the world of Carrotfoot: An elephant, a tiger, a fox, and a woodpecker are some animals that I normally wouldn't draw, but found a place for at Carrotfoot's dad's work. They are nameless in this comic, but I'll probably come up with names for them if I draw any more office-related comics, which seems likely, since my dad has already given me a few more ideas and I love drawing suits! I especially loved drawing Peter in the last panel.

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The Love Note

  I TRIED TO CRAM ALL THE AWKWARDNESS a love note could possibly have into this comic, and I hope it makes up for the minimal movement of Leslie, and Sydney, who was additionally a challenge to draw in this comic, since I showed her from several angles I've never shown her from before; I also have no idea how to draw her hair. But cartoonists don't have the time to make every single drawing a masterpiece- because the comic industry is centered around quantity and not quality- so they just have to draw the best they can, and their drawing ability will improve over time. (I have witnessed this just by watching myself improve; I'm almost ashamed of some of my earlier comics).
   On the other hand, I think Leslie looks brilliant in the fifth panel, and I did take note of the season in which I drew this comic in by giving the characters winter wear.

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Piggy -Bank Irony

THIS IS ONE OF THE COMICS I'VE HAD the idea for long while, but never took physical form until now. Again, I created a slightly nontraditional panel layout for this comic.

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Three Christmas Comics: Electrocution, A Rubik's Cube, and Insomnia

ALTHOUGH IT'S ALREADY 2011, I have some late Christmas comics:

I originally wasn't going to put in Peter's line in the final panel, but as I was drawing this, I noticed a small lesson (You can't always trust some one's advice. They may mean well, but it doesn't always work). The message is such a subtle one that I didn't think putting in Peter's line at the end would harm the comic by making it sound philosophical. Am I the first cartoonist to draw a Santa hat-clad bunny rabbit electrocuted by Christmas lights? I wouldn't be surprised if I wasn't.

   I tried in this comic to come up with visual features on Carrotfoot and his siblings that make them more discernable from each other. Consider the tuft of hair in between their ears: Carrotfoot's is longer than Peter's, and Benjamin's doesn't stick up, but it's flat (and in a color comic, it would be blond). Also consider the fur on their bellies: Benjamin's is more jagged, Peter's is perfectly straight, and Carrotfoot's only has only one or two jagged edges. Carrotfoot's right hand in the last panel was difficult to draw, and I'm still not satisfied with the result. But, for a cartoonist, one has to realize they can't draw a character perfectly every time.You just have to learn to let things like this go, and move on to another comic.

If you notice the date on this comic, you will notice that I actually drew this last year. I wanted to publish it on Christmas eve the next year, but since I missed it again, I'll just post it now. 

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