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I started making this comic 'Isolation Penguin' to document what life is like in our house during the lockdown. My husband and I appear as penguins and my dog as a tortoise.
I'm usually a children's book illustrator and as much as it's fun to illustrate the stories of other authors (Fearne Cotton, Swapna Haddow, Niall Breslin, Lucy Courtenay, Simon Philip, and others) I think it's important to have your own side project to keep yourself motivated. I'd been wanting to make a comic for months but I didn't know where to start. I needed a hook or a theme. I'd been collecting funny ideas in a notebook but wasn't sure where to start in turning them into a comic. I was also nervous about putting my own ideas out there.
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#1
Weekly Shop
Final score:
45points
Then as lockdown happened I thought: this is my chance, I have this extra time, why don't I document my experience of lockdown in a diary comic. The first episode was about the day I received my letter from the NHS stating that I wasn't allowed to leave my house for 12 weeks. I thought it would be amusing to depict myself and my husband as penguins instead of humans, because they are chubby and cute (and I know lockdown will make us a bit chubbier but probably not cuter ) and to have them do human activities like drinking wine is already funnier than humans drinking wine.
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#2
Household Chores
Final score:
36points
#3
Banana Bread
Final score:
36points
Dave Chapman 5 years ago
Oh yah...this is exactly my relationship with Banananas..sigh. I like my nana's slightly sharp, so I get them a little green on the edges, but I only get thru 2 of them and then they seem to hide from me for a few too many days and they're too mushy for me. BUT...I don't have enough nanas left to make loaf, so I have to get more, or let these go to waste. Buy more, eat 2, nanas hide and get all soft, now I have 2 more than I need for loaf...do I buy more? Viscous cycle!
Our greyhound Sandy appears as a tortoise. I had to think of an animal that would fit with the penguins and thought that a tortoise went perfectly. The message or aim of the comic is to document the lighter side of lockdown and to bring a smile to the reader's face.
#4
Sports Lover
Final score:
32points
Aaron Frost 5 years ago
There's nothing really to "get." She is saying that the news of no sports is disappointing, but when she goes back to working on her tablet, we see that she is secretly happy that sporting events are canceled.
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Nhs Letter
Final score:
28points
Till now I've been drawing in my studio in the loft of my house (in Folkestone, Kent) with pencils, paper, and Photoshop but 'Isolation Penguin' is the first project that I've done completely on my iPad using the program Procreate. I love this set up as it means I can draw from anywhere. As we are in lockdown this currently means sofa or bed or any room of the house, but when this is finally over it just means my work set up is much more portable.
#6
No Work And No Play Make Penguin Go Crazy
Final score:
27points
Cra-Z cat lady 5 years ago
And the other. We all know one of those penguins. I think I'm the one that isn't on screen and is off sleeping.
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jo Philbin 5 years ago
IN MY DEFENCE... husband got outwitted by laundry washing stuff... 8 told him to use this amount of detergent and that amount of softener... He did not know what to do because one bottle wasn't called detergent it was called "washing Liquid" and the other was called "fabric conditioner". Please send help, I do not speak man...
#7
Social Distancing
Final score:
26points
#8
Personal Grooming
Final score:
25points
Harry Potter nerd 5 years ago
Me too! I am taking this time to grow it all out, and when this is over, I am going to cut it short and donate it!
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Midnight Walkies
Final score:
24points
#10
Doom
Final score:
22points
J-Yogi-Temp-Mom 5 years ago
YES!! I can't get away from it. My anxiety is not good thx to it being everywhere I turn.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
Seems as though COVID-19 jokes have taken over just about every humor site - including Bored Panda.
#11
Pets
Final score:
21points
#12
Ankle Weights
Final score:
21points
#13
Fairytale
Final score:
21points
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
I haven't had a haircut since January. Last time my hair was this long, I was a teenager.
#15
Toilet Paper
Final score:
21points
#16
Zoom
Final score:
19points
Nicole Comyn 5 years ago
Omg, I'm like that after every Zoom call. Zoom fatigue is a real thing!
#17
Movie Night
Final score:
17points
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