I create and illustrate Suburban Fairy Tales a comic strip series that began with fairy tale characters trying to navigate suburban life as teenagers. Over time, I aged the characters and shifted the focus to the Three Little Pigs diving into their hilariously complicated relationships with each other and the people around them. One of the pigs even started dating the Big Bad Wolf’s sister, Wolfette a chaotic relationship that’s just as fun to write as it sounds! In this collection of comics you’ll see that these brothers don’t always get along because, after all, that’s what family is all about.
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I don’t believe I have any particularly unusual sources of inspiration for my comics. Some of my character traits are drawn from people I know people I’ve met or even elements of my personality. I won’t say which characters are based on real people though because that might either flatter or annoy them.
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Character development is something I’m always working on. It comes from knowing when to spotlight certain characters and when to let others take a backseat. My comic strip has evolved from what started as an ensemble cast of fairy tale characters and has shifted focus in recent years to the Three Little Pigs. I’ve also introduced original characters like Wolfette the Big Bad Wolf’s sister and Sir Lambelot a hippie sheep. The way these characters interact with one another is key to their growth and development. The more I write, the more I discover about them, and their personalities and quirks emerge naturally. After doing this for so long, when I write, I can place the characters in any situation and their voices just come to me. At this point, the strip almost writes itself.
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Carrying a storyline across multiple strips can be tricky especially since I write in a way that lets readers jump into any strip and still get a good laugh. Even if someone only reads one strip they mustn’t need to know past or future events to enjoy it. Over the years, I’ve gotten good at this type of storytelling by cutting out unnecessary dialogue or panels. I’ve seen other comics fall into the trap of over-explaining, which I did in my early work, but I’ve since refined my approach to keep things concise and impactful.
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When I write the most important thing to me is the punchline. Every comic strip has to end with something funny something that’ll make the reader smile or laugh. Even in the more emotional moments, I always aim for a humorous twist. There have been times when an ongoing storyline changed course just because the gag in the final panel needed a funny line. In those cases, I have to build off that punchline in the next strip to keep the story consistent.
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