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I make these comic strips for fun. My goal has been to write one every week. I try to make each comic into a little story with (hopefully) an unexpected twist at the end. Most of them stand alone but some have a story arc that goes through several strips.

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I used to write short stories for fun and I would doodle in the margins. The stories turned into more drawing than writing and so I switched to making comics.

The birds emerged from the doodles and I stuck with them because I am terrible at drawing people! The birds have some attributes of birds, but really, they are stand-ins for humans.

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    I especially like the comic with the beanies flying away because (I hope) it has an unexpected ending.

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    I stick to a schedule. I join an online writing session every morning whether I feel like it or not. I use a random word generator as a prompt for ideas. The idea usually ends up having nothing to do with the original word, though. The slowest part for me is the drawing. I'm super slow at drawing.

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    I show the comics to my friends and family and when there is a laugh or snicker, that is all it takes to keep me motivated.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how they're still smiling at the end regardless though; it's admirable to admit when you've been outplayed and give credit where it's due without being jealous or frustrated over it.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, that's kid logic for you; that said aren't ducks naturally attracted to water? What happened to him?

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Duck: Hello Mr spider Duck: Come to join me friend? Duck: What are you doing?? Duck: :(

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well at least he tried. That's more sympathetic than I am with flies; they can be such a nuisance sometimes.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure what he was eating off - looks like a notice board or something, and as for that coin that's an absolute unit of a coin - quite literally bigger than her head. She'd make more money smelting it down and just selling it - although that said that does apply to a fair few coins these days.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm trying to work out if the sharks are actually there and he's just being reassured or if he really is imagining them and this is just a joke about parents being worriers and always imagining the worst. Perhaps it is deliberately vague so we can interpret it either way? And either way it is amusing to a degree, so that would make sense...

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would also recommend not sleeping in a tree - or actually more specifically - not sleeping in a bendy and thin branch barely thicker than your average stick. And sleeping standing up for that matter is not advisable especially in those conditions!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen weirder things - one day after swimming in the sea I found a flat fish in my shoe - it was one of those tight-fitting shoes that you get with wetsuits as well; I have no idea how it managed to get in there. Thankfully it survived the ordeal though and I managed to get it back to the sea in time :)

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