Chesca Hause

COMIC: Math Homework (Plus BONUS Panel!)

BONUS Panel! 

COMIC: Quick Outing

BONUS Panel >>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/115699945

COMIC: Quick Errand (with BONUS Panel!)

I do not miss those sleep deprived days!

BONUS Panel:

Discord Server Hooked Up!

(I think?) 😅

If you have your Patreon hooked up to Discord then The Litterbox server should be visible to you now!

If you don't, here's a guide!

https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Getting-Discord-access

Incoming Discord Server!

Thanks to the Kickstarter stretch goal being reached, we now have an Official Litterbox Discord Server!

In the next couple of days I'll be linking it to Patreon so you'll all have access! Wanted to warn you ahead of time because if you have Discord already set up for your Patreon account, the server could just pop into existence -which might be a bit weird! 😅

I think you'll all be automatically granted the "patron-supporter" role, but this is all new to me, so ...

COMIC: Scrolling

Sorry I've been gone a bit! Turns out if you take a break from a script to do a Kickstarter and come back to it, there's things you want to tinker with!! 😅 Done-done now though, which means I can get to comicing again!

I don't want to draw a bonus panel to this one -best leave what happens next to the imagination! 😂

Making of "Worlds Collide AGAIN"

I loved how much everyone went crazy for the first Pixie & Brutus crossover comic! It brought so much joy and I couldn't stop smiling at the comments! 🥰 Ben was great to work with and I figured I needed to make a splash with the Kickstarter, so I asked if he was up for another.

I'd always imagined episode 2 would be Brutus babysitting the kids. Pixie is a handful enough. but Coop and Vincent as well would be sure to cause some chaos, plus I wanted to show Brutus' sweeter side...

COMIC: Good-Bite

This one is a bit weird, but I'm having fun with these zombie comics! 😅

Zombie Fran plush available here https://www.makeship.com/products/mombie-fran-plushie

Making of "Epic Team-Up (remastered)"

The original version of this comic was done way back in March 2019, but even then, I dreamt of having famous Godzilla and Kaiju artist, Matt Frank do the "imagination" panels.

It wasn't outside the realms of possibility; he was in our artist friend circles and I'd met him at cons a couple of times. I just didn't have the guts ...

Making of "Accept Cookie"

I was driving the kids home the other day and giving them some "afterschool" pep-talk type thing about something. I thought I was doing pretty well, but I guess it must have been boring because 7yo pipes up with "SKIP CUTSCENE!" The little shit! 😂 I laughed (and probably called him a little shit!) and said that would be a good one for a comic. They both immediately got excited (as they often do when I credit them with stumbling on "a good one") and started brainstorming ideas -well, 10...

Making of "Whatchamathingy"

Been playing around with this idea for a while. Initially it was shorter:

Joel "What are you looking for?"
Fran "Those candies I hid from the kids. "
Fran "I put them someplace clever”
Joel "Oh, they’re gone forever then."

It was alright, but nothing particularly... well -clever!! I thought I could punch it up by having looking for something funny, but nothing came to mind, so I started playing around with it being something vague instead:

Fran "Ha...

COMIC: Bite-Time Story

I'm drawing again! My goodness, I hadn't realized how much the Kickstarter had taken out of me. My mind was constantly buzzing from too much social media and it drained every ounce of creativity. Thankfully a bunch of sleeping and some Zelda later and I re-found my spark!

I decided to do something a bit different this October and do a bunch of zombie themed comics. The family as idiots, trying to do regular people things just cracks me up! Don't worry though, the fam is fine, think of t...

Mombie Fran Plush!

Mombie Fran, complete with detachable brain on a plate and ketchup bottle! Ready to feed those ungrateful zombie children!

https://www.makeship.com/products/mombie-fran-plushie

As with all Makeship plushies we need to sell 200 to get them made. Apologies, I know it's bad timing coming straight from the Kickstarter, b...

Kickstarter Closeout Stream!

Join Brien, Ross and me in an hour as we closeout the Kickstarter LIVE on YouTube! (9pm ET) I'm going to be breaking out the mimosas!

Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/live/8eND2WmSuzU

Worlds Collide AGAIN!

Second crossover comic with Pixie & Brutus!

BONUS PanelS!

Making of "Hard Pill to Swallow"

I always struggled to swallow pills until I met my husband and he taught me his family's trick. You put the pill in your mouth, forget it's there and then just drink normally through a straw. His grandfather apparently discovered it while working at 3M. They did some study into the best way to swallow pills and that one came out on top. Something about the way we drink with straws just opens the throat up! It can take a little bit of practice, especially with large tablets, because if your bo...

Making of "First Day"

Been making notes for this one for a few years. I think I wrote "Lying Smiles" line last year, but still didn't quite know how to deliver it. I thought I might have to throw this idea in my "needs to be animated" folder, but I decided to have a go first.

You can see me fighting the panel layout at the beginning. I like to tell a story in as few panels as possible, but with something like this, the correct timing is so important! I knew I wanted the last 3 panels together and initi...

COMIC: Epic Team-Up (remastered)

Collab between Matt Frank and me! Matt is best known for his Godzilla art and I'm honored to have my own original Kitty-zilla and Cat-dam designs! I also had the pleasure of coloring his linework -such a fun challenge! Looking forward to sharing the timelapse with you on this one!

Edit: I know I'd normally share the before and after on a remaster, but as it's 2 different artists, that seems a bit unfair...

COMIC: Accept Cookies

Youngest hit me with this one the other day! 😂

COMIC: Whatchamathingy

BONUS Panel >>>>>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/comic-110716738

Super Secret Peek!

Look what I'm working on! Recognize them? 😊

Shusssh! Keep it between patrons!

COMIC: Hard Pill to Swallow

BONUS Panel >>>>>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/comic-hard-pill-110597841

Test Animation

Here's the test animation we did to give an idea of where we'd like to go with the pilot! It was so exciting to see this come together! I'm so lucky to have landed such an amazingly talented crew! Want to see more?! Back the Kickstarter! 

CREDITS
Director & Backgrounds: Brien Hart
Ani...

Kickstarter is LIVE!!!!

Here we go folks! The Animated Pilot Kickstarter is LIVE!  I hope you like the video and all the sweet rewards! We really wanted to make this fun!

We need $60K to get the 10 minute episode made. That sounds like a crazy number to me, but I've seen crowdfunding do some crazy things so LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN! 🤩

COMIC: Whatchamathingy

'This is one of those "Is this relatable, or am I just weird?" comics! I never quite know until I post 'em! 😅

(Edit) BONUS Panel!

OK, yes! I did totally recycle the art in this one from Deadlock's bonus, but the idea that this same tour group are just going around being amazed by the Litterbox fam...

COMIC: Hard Pill to Swallow

Did YOU know this?! Hubby told me years ago and it works so well and I've never met anyone else who knows! I was just going to tweet about it, but figured it would make a funny PSA comic! :)

BONUS Panel:

First Day

BONUS Panel >>>>> https://www.patreon.com/posts/comic-first-day-110166228

Making of "Don't Know Sh-"

Rather than just waiting for funny things to happen organically, I'm trying to write more comics from scratch. This is one of those comics -I don't know whether you'll find that disappointing or a relief! 😅

I saw a discussion online about the word "shit" and how it can mean completely different things depending on the word it's coupled with. I brainstormed on how I might use this in a comic. The first idea was to have Joel teaching the boys, then Fran comes in and we think she's goin...

Mark Your Calendars!

Look at this amazing animation by Marty Daniels!  He really captured the bounce of Brien Hart's storyboards!

Ahhhh! It's actually happening!! We'd wanted to get going earlier in the year, but there were a few loose ends to tie up and then summer hit and managing a Kickstarter with the kids home was not a road I was willing to go down! 😂

-But sch...

COMIC: First Day (Plus BONUS Panel!)

Might have bitten off more than I could chew with this one, but the only way to sell it was to have a big build up -and my kids have given me plenty of inspiration over the years!

Worried about the reaction when this one reaches gen pop (what a horrible mom! etc etc), but I hope those who understand get a good laugh! ;)

Edit: BONUS Panel!