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OkBlue is a series of webcomics that was inspired to create on a night during a week of insomnia back in November 2019. There were a lot of stressors in my personal life at the time, and I couldn’t sleep at all. I had just got a new iPad Pro and this time allowed me to practice cartoon drawings in Procreate for the first time.

When I finally had a relatable comic idea and sketch I liked, I began coloring the main character, who I’ve referred to as “Jerry”, but who doesn’t have a formal name. I chose blue but the outlines didn’t seem right, so I made them a darker blue and before I knew it, I had colored EVERYTHING blue. When I was done, I looked at the page and said, “Ok, Blue”. I created my Instagram page a few weeks later after drawing about 8 comic strips for a backlog and figuring out the shading scheme.

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Bridget
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

can this be my bachelorette party please?

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In my sketchbook, I like to doodle talking objects and animals, so I’ve brought those creations into the comic as well.  I hope just to make people laugh and raise awareness in helping others whenever possible. I have a few serious comics with plenty of plot twists, but overall I try to keep the feel light and family-friendly. My editing process is usually me trying to make my wife laugh with my sense of humor (it gives me a kick when she smirks or chuckles at one of my drawings or tells me that they’re good), she also is great at grammar so proofreads them!  If there’s ever a spelling mistake it means I jumped the gun.

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    Grace Galan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How dare you use me in a comic without my consent!

    L McN
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slight inconsistency...a LOT of workers go home and still have their "leash" to work. Statistically we were happier when we could actually escape work, even if it was chores at home. Even our vacations now are still occupied with emails or phone calls from work...(edit: meaning it compounds this problem, not that the artist is wrong)

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel you, I work around the clock, company phone etc. 😵

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    Abby Not Normal
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On top of having a chronic illness, I've been dealing with the cold from hell since mid-December and this is me to a T. Some days I feel fairly "normal" but others? I have absolutely no energy and get really easily overwhelmed by all I think I should be doing. Thank God my spouse is understanding and able to feed himself.

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    My first comic, “I missed you” debuted on Instagram on December 4th, and since I’ve gained a small audience that is really engaging and great to hang with. We recently started a discord server and call ourselves the Blue Crew! I’m introverted so I feel this is a good way to put myself out there but also maintain a safety zone behind my iPad.

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    Ashley Nell
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Talk about getting sucked in a book!

    Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing better than getting lost in a good story.

    NovaLink
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the book in Harry Potter that starts screaming at him lmaoo

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    I hope in the future to refine some of the characters and possibly give them small arcs. I’ve always enjoyed writing and would like to incorporate more stories, but only if it maintains the same vibe. It’d be great to meet more people through the medium and I’ve always wanted to do a Comicon and sell T-shirts/merch, mainly because I think it’d be cool to see someone rocking an OKBlue T-shirt on the street.  Hopefully, I’ll feel confident enough to get jumping on those things someday! 

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    Why?
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same time next year.

    Logan Scaggs
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a good movie: Same Time, Next Christmas

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    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you, Christmas Tree! You made us feel joyful and festive, and now you get to be a habitat for fishes! You are everything that is cool and wonderful about the Earth.

    In short, thank you for reading OKBlue Comics, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy making them.  Feel free to come on over to Instagram and hang with the Blue Crew anytime!

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    Blue Shadow
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat literally kills cockroaches and leaves them outside my bedroom door. Gift out of love, or warning?

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both...loves you but wants you to know who the king pin is

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    Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hear them talking like old time gangster in my head. Like the movie in home alone that Kevin rewinds and plays several times. I'll give you to the count of three to get your no good.....

    Marlene Ricker
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cats are jerks! I love them anyway.

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    Debrina Blackmoon
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That 70s Show- Donna: "Who ate the last donut?!" Eric: "I did." "Son of a b***h!" "You ate the first ELEVEN!!!"

    SykesDaMan
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were 41 cookines in that box? What logic was behind this number?

    Hamlets twin
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What?!?! They shouldn't have been wearing all those chocolate chips!

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    Jacey Lynn
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish for the world to be a better place...also with no pollution and animals dying!

    Blue Shadow
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's okay; Sheila will understand. Its part of the profession, right?

    Night Owl
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only fifty bucks? That's a humble and content guy with no imagination

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    Marlene Ricker
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love it that both the puppy and the human think the cat is talking to them.

    Darko Pešić
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THIS IS AWESOMEE

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    Daria B
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It works with toddlers, though. ♡

    Night Owl
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he can (try to) talk himself out of it by telling her he was taking to their sleeping daughter

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    Marky Mark
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can validate this. I have tested it and ended up sleeping on the couch.

    Chris Jones
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you for bravely taking on this test.

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    Rachael Sampson
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like Yehuda, Maya and little Ariel Devir.

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was for a draw this in your style challenge Yehuda had on Instagram :)

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    Ty_Is_Bored
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that Jude and Maya Devir?? LOL

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    Spikey Bunny
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought thimbles were kinda cute. I remember a friend's grandmother had a collection of thimbles... very pretty and all painted differently or made from different materials. I think a crab wearing a thimble would be completely adorable :)

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    Shadowpuppy_123
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was soo cute when he said “I’m a lobster” ❤️

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    DaVo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only man is this arrogant. The world isn't dying. It's merely changing. Humánity is dying.

    Benita Ravnkilde
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it will, and then rise when mankind is erased or diminished. That is the natural order of the universe

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    DemPugs
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol, the concerned coffee mug

    Hamlets twin
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grab a brush and put a little (makeup)!

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    Lukyan Terdal
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is why penguins eat them

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    MadDawg
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sometimes I'm so tired that I CAN'T fall asleep.. does anyone else relate???

    Dilly Millandry
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes - sadly it's not that weird. The brain can get overloaded, body chemistry can be affected. These things make it difficult to sleep and it can also be really uncomfortable.

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    Bobby's Girl
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you've worked on a project forever, and you are so over-tired that you dream about working on the project all night -- and then you get up and work on the project. FML

    Kadesha Johnson
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I talk when I'm super tired but it only makes sense to me. Like I'm talking perfect English and I can understand it but to everyone else it's complete jibberish.

    Jason M
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happened just last night. Sleep apnea is no bueno.

    Grace Marraffa
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was so tired once, that I dreamt i fell asleep at 2:57 but i fell asleep at 7:52 so i have some sleep dyslexia or something

    Marigen Beltran
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have dreamed about dreaming, I also have had lucid dreams that are so boring I want to wake up.

    Maul!
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sometimes i dream of eating, mostly when i sleep hungry from being too tired to eat! :P

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    Marky Mark
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cat: "I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective."

    Rosie Hamilton
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes-- Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.

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    Shadowpuppy_123
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was expecting to just see him laying on a couch eating junk food after saying all his New Years resolutions lol

    Margaret Wells
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've done the first 2 so far this year. Not into the third listed

    ChickyChicky
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cat government: why the musical Cats is so f@#$&n weird.

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    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man - I had so many pairs of those in high school ('70s). I don't know why we were so enamored, they made your feet sweat like crazy (plastic shoes, great idea!)

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    Rachael Sampson
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell yeah! Just as many women love video games as men do.

    Kathy Baylis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And just as many older people as younger people do, too.

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    Jason M
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gram-Gram gonna serve you fresh-baked cookies AND a can of whoop-a$$!

    VICTORIA HERNANDEZ
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha!!!!! Up vote comment if you want Granny to Win again !!!!!

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    Nidia Garcia
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat like to scratch me but its more of a play . then when i see his tail fluffy i run cuz that's attack mode.

    Flare
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Self-defense in a nutshell

    Aubryanna Walker
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat has a mental problem where she wants to be pet but then attacks you, then repeats it over again until you get tired of her.

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    Samantha Lomb
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is me and my bed. Sometimes I tell it, and the cats, how long till I get to see them again. Heaven is me and the two furballs in the bed

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have 3 cats...they all sleep on my wife's side...

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    Marky Mark
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The serenity and zen of quiet time in the bathroom. A nice 5 minute poop, or a glorious 10 minute shower, or an orgasmic 1hr bath.

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add scented candles and music,you've got yourself an evening

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    Jordy Star
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still a better love story than twilight

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    Night Owl
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat's favorite life hack (and mine too when I find time for it)

    Gabi
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First time that an owl admits it likes napping....

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    Viviette Moore
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    every other life hack is okay but this one,is truly the best one.

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    AJ the panda.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bird near the non-tattoo person is cute. The rubbish pile is a bit depressing though. And is that a bug in the tree?

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    Dianna Siever
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate that this comic about getting paid as an artist is so unpopular it's now hidden. Up voting because it should at least be seen.

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    Dianna Siever
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh mighty King you have forgot the horn of Sprintohne. Blow, and most assuredly your allies, the great champion, King Canine and Queen Mammazon will come to your aid!

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    Lukyan Terdal
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bestie is a dog puppet. His name is Dog Puppet. We like to play Don't Press The Big Red Button. Dog Puppet always wins.

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    Jordy Star
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would you give timmy a glass cup?

    Bobby's Girl
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Timmy is what is wrong with the world - and so is his dad.

    Charlese Bonca
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Timmy needs some discipline in his life

    Black Rose
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Timmy is just an EVIL CHILD! Don't give him anything!!

    Doggo Lover
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TIMMY IS A MURDERERCAND A CRUEL CHILD!

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    Magpie
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, I'd put that in the wrong place.

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