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2023-03-23

Motive and intent

Panel 1 of 2: one stick figure lies face-down on a rolling office chair under a blanket and rolls forward. Another stick figure asks, "Why are you doing that?" Panel 2 of 2: the figure on the office chair has rolled around the standing one and is now crouched atop the seat and rotating in the chair, the blanket worn like a hooded cape. Their reply: "just to be safe."

 

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2023-03-22

All the world

A stick figure stands against a dramatic red background, one foot on the ground and one dramatically on a box, and holds one skull up as though in conversation with it while holding two other skulls with the other arm and hand. Bottom caption: " All the world's a stage, and though I cannot see the audience, I hear them booing all the time."
 
"Perhaps my art isn't for everyone."

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2023-03-21

What a guy

 

Top caption text: "This is Murv. He likes all the things you like. He has palatable quirks. He's a good listener & a supportive friend. What a guy! Too bad he's about to die." The character Murv (probably pronounced like 'Murph' but with a 'v') stands smiling with hands on hips and says, "That's disappointing, but thank you for the opportunity to be in your comic!"

The focus group said I needed identifiable, likable characters.

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2023-03-20

The best of all

 

Panel 1 of 2: a shot of an open birthday card as viewed in first person. The lefthand side of the spread shows three balloons with smiling faces; the righthand side contains the writing "May your final birthday be the best of all!" and "final" is crossed out in red ink. Panel 2 of 2: The stick figure holding the card looks troubled and says, "'Final'?" The one who gave the card has a facial expression indicating tension that can't quite be concealed and says, "Probably just a typo."

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2023-03-19

Boing

three tiny islets extend in an approximate line from the foreground diagonally into the distance. Each has a trampoline on it. The middle one also has a palm tree. A stick figure has just bounced off the trampoline in the foreground in the direction of the middle islet. Bottom caption: "Island hopping."

 

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2023-03-18

Flying squirrel

Panel 1 of 2: a squirrel is seen from the shoulder up, tilted nose-down somewhat, against a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. Thought bubble: "Wow, flying is incredible!" Panel 2 of 2: the same squirrel is viewed in full, revealing that it has wings of its own and is not in the claws of a raptor. It has a smug expression and thinks, "Time to flex on some birds of prey."

 It really is that cool.

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2023-03-17

The comic that is bad

Title at the top: "The comic that is bad / & knows it is bad" A stick figure sits at a desk and writes or draws on a sheet of paper while thinking a thought bubble that spirals around them and their desk in a circle that takes up most of the panel: "I suck. I am aware that I suck. I am aware that said awareness doesn't justify or mitigate the fact that I suck. I am aware that all this awareness does my work no favors and doesn't make me endearing. I am aware..." In the bottom left corner, a bird pokes its head into the frame and looks upon the main contents and says "yikes". In the bottom right corner, a stick figure pokes into the frame from chest up, gazes up at it all and asks, "What if you just made it good instead?"

"I may be spiraling a little."

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