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COMIC: Emotional Damage

BONUS Panel >>>>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/comic-emotional-121310615

Making of "Funny Feeling"

This one happened, but the movie was Apollo 13 and 10yo said:

"This is a weird feeling. They're stressed out in the movie and it's making me stressed out!"
-to which we replied as in the comic, with J adding "Write that one down!!"

It was cute, but not a super strong gag, so I figured I'd punch it up by making some kind of joke about the movie they're watching. Lion King sprung to mind because of this, not terribly empathetic time:

2025-02-02 05:33:33 +0000 UTC View Post

COMIC: Emotional Damage (Plus BONUS Panel!)

This is another one of those, "I hope other people get this and it isn't just me" ones! 😅

Edit: BONUS panel:

Mommy! Quick!

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COMIC: Mommy! Quick! (Plus BONUS Panel!)

A rare comic completed in a day!! Been struggling to do a comic this week and then my cat "helpfully" inspired me!

EDIT: BONUS PANEL! (I'm sorry! My dog also inspired me! 😂)

Should They...?

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COMIC: Should They...? (Plus BONUS Panel!)

Bonus panel on the way for this one, but I wanted to get the preview comic out to you guys asap. Running behind after a week of voice actor recordings last week (fun but distracting!)

EDIT: BONUS Panel (well done to those who were on the right track!)

Making of "Believer"

I can't for the life of me remember if this one happened or not! I did a similar thing as a kid (which I illustrated in this Patreon exclusive comic) so I can't recall if this was based on that, or if my oldest took after me with his illogical Christmas logic -I wouldn't be surprised!

There's a weird period inbetween kids believing in Santa and not, where they both do and don't believe (Schro...

Voice Actor Announcement!

The search was long, but we finally found them! Introducing the voices of the Litterbox Family for the upcoming animated pilot! 🤩

FRAN will be played by the hilarious Esmarelda Villalobos, comedian, filmmaker and cat mom!

2025-01-07 17:25:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Tweaking Patreon

I was helping another creator set up their Patreon and it made me realize that my structure of $3 and then a big jump to $10 was a bit weird! I went to look at what my Patreon mentor Chris Hallbeck has and really liked his simple $2, $5, $10+, so I've copied it over here! (Thanks Chris! 😄)

This will only affect new pledges, so feel free to stay at $3 and keep getting everything, or if you're at $10 you...

COMIC: Funny Feeling (Plus BONUS Panel!)

Based on a true story (IT'S HAPPENING!)

BONUS Panel (also based on a true story!)

Making of "Homewrecker"

This comic took FOREVER, not because it was hard, but because I'm sneaky! When I do "magic ruining" comics, I have a "safe" comic I can tab to every time the kids wander over. So when I was working on Don't Touch and Believer I had this comic on the go as well! Thankfully my kids were too busy with their own things to n...

Making of "Don't Touch"

One of the "Elf on the Shelf" rules is you're not supposed to touch them or they'll lose their magic. I assume this is so kids don't realize they're dolls, or maybe so they don't hide them themselves! It's bad enough trying to think of somewhere to put our elf every night, I can't fathom having to FIND him first!

I do a lot of rooting around on Pinterest for elf ideas and I've never quite understood how it works when people do very involved setups. Are they just leaving these out all da...

COMIC: Believer

BONUS Panel >>>>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/comic-believer-117797271

Making of "Foolproof" (Part 2)

This was a 2 pager right from the start, so I decided to make it split at the time skip. I wanted as many visual similarities as possible and had previous linework of Vince reading a book on a beanbag, which seemed very 80's, so I gave the same beanbag to kitty Joel and had him reading a comic.

I asked J what comics he used to read and he said Thundercats and Transformers. Thundercats seemed like a good bit, but all their comic covers looked complicated to draw -especially when I'd have...

Making of "Foolproof" (Part 1)

J gave me this comic idea, but he didn't have an ending. He said it was something his Grand-dad would always do, but suggested making it Joel's Dad instead, because his character is a mix of his Dad AND Grandfather. It was a fantastic idea, but all we had for the end was "Joel tries it and Vincent does something funny"!

It languished in my notes for a while, partly because of the absent punchline, but also because I knew I'd have to design young Grampaw. Having to draw something that wi...

COMIC: Believer (Plus BONUS Panel!)

I finished this one a couple of days ago but then I came up with this ridiculous bonus panel! 😆

Making of "Math Homework"

This is another one I've been bouncing around a while because I wasn't quite sure how to tell it. My oldest was getting into a flap about how stupid and pointless long division is, so I did what any parent would do -pretend it's important while privately completely agreeing with him! We got through the homework, but not before having to watch a bunch of long division how-to videos, further cementing my resentment towards it!

I knew this was comic material, but wasn't quite sure how ...

COMIC: Homewrecker

BONUS Panel >>>>>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/comic-plus-bonus-117246294

COMIC: Homewrecker (Plus BONUS Panel!)

I was going to post this yesterday, but then an idea for a bonus panel popped into my head and I had to draw it!

Making of "Quick Errand"

I tried to do this comic back in 2018!

I didn't finish it because -where IS the baby? IS HE OK?! 😅

I knew I was onto something though, so I kept coming back to it over the years, still not quite sure how to fix it. It wasn't until recently that I finally solved it! Have the baby IN the comic, so we can see he's safe AND give the punchline to Fran to make Joel less naggy and her le...

Black Friday Code!

I'll be publicly posting about a 15% discount code, but there's also a super secret code for you wonderful supporters!

Use THANKFUL4U at checkout for 20% off everything at https://litterboxcomics.shop/ 

COMIC: Don't Touch

Managed to run the gauntlet of finishing this one with the kids home! I swear they know "The Truth" about Christmas already, but they aren't letting on; like a giant game of Christmas Chicken!

COMIC: Math Homework

BONUS Panel >>>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/comic-math-plus-116016449

COMIC: Fool-Proof

Based on a true story. Don't miss the 2nd page!

Making of "Scrolling"

J said the magic words I love to hear "Oh! I came up with a comic for you!" From his idea I wrote the script and paneled it out. He'd said the punchline could be something like "Cooper pooped in the dishwasher, but not that, because it's too gross!" but I thought it was the perfect level of gross haha!

The natural instinct was to have the kids looking concerned, like they're bringing her bad news, but I thought it would be funnier to have them excited instead. As Vince is the one spea...

First Voice Actor!

Sound ON!

It's date night, but things don't go as planned! Here's the incredible Barry Yandell (Spy x Family, One-Piece, Black Butler) being our snooty whippet waiter, designed by our amazing director Brien Hart!

2024-11-16 18:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Young Grampaw & Kitten Joel

I needed a young Granmpaw for a new Kitten Joel comic I'm working on. I placed Joel and current Grampaw's lines on trop of each other and picked and chose the best bits. The ears, eyebrows and tail are Grampaw's, while the general proportions are Joel's. I kept his beard, but made it more perky, like Joel's cheeks. I warmed up the fur color a little, like he's gone greyer as he's gotten older. I considered giving him aviator glasses like J's Dad used to have, but it caused a bunch of tan...

Making of "Good Bite"

I was seriously starting to worry that the brain from the original comic might be Joel's, so I wanted to make sure his undead self made an appearance! I came up with this stupid idea, which I almost didn't do because I worried it might be too stupid, but J encouraged me, so we can blame him! :)

This one was pretty speedy because it's basically 2 panels with slightly changed duplicates. Getting Fran bend...

Making of "Mombie Plush" AND "Bite-Time Story"

The Mombie comic I did in 2020 has always been a favorite of mine. I find zombies that carry on with their regular lives so funny -these gross, brain loving idiots! So when Makeship approached me back in May asking if I wanted to do a plushie for their Halloween campaign I jumped at the chance! I drew over the schematic from the previous plushi...