Animals in silly hats are a perennial favourite. Adults love them, kids adore them. So when my daughter required a birthday invitation, I gladly obliged her a goofy drawing of an owl in a birthday hat. It made for a fun invite, and even works as amusing postcard art.

Postcard style invitations are also a favourite of mine, because the size is right, they are simple to design, no folding, and they can double as tiny art pieces when the party is over.

This is a digital drawing, made in Procreate on my iPad Pro. I intentionally stepped away from including black in the colour palette to keep the illustration light and playful. Give that owl some cake!

Our team discovers shaking the Black Dog isn’t as easy as opening a window, as their problems in the Ideas Room get suddenly and significantly bigger.

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This comic was originally published on March 2, 2022.

As the cartoonist and his characters continue their investigation of his Ideas Room, they are reminded that not all ideas are good ideas. Some ideas are, in fact, very, very bad. But not to worry, as bad as some ideas are, others are way worse.

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This comic was originally published on August 12, 2021.

The cartoonist and his characters investigate his Ideas Room, in the hopes of finding a cure for his creative malaise. The concept of “room” is used extremely loosely here. It’s more like a multi-level creative storehouse, but that isn’t nearly as catchy.

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This comic was originally published on July 8, 2021.

The cartoonist is helped through a rather dense case of creative malaise by his cartoon creations. Their solution? Drag him into his creative psyche, and see what’s the matter. Of course it’s a bad idea! They’re cartoons!

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This comic was originally published on June 17, 2021.

The mysterious and ghostly Black Dog nearly consumes our beloved cartoonist, but he is saved by his cartoon characters at the last moment. Good cartoon characters! Here we go down the rabbit hole!

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This comic was originally published on May 21, 2021.

Even Robot and Francis the Sheep need to relax after all that space adventuring.

This comic was created for Survival Anxiety Comics & Stories Issue 2 KABLOOIE. Original indie comics, short speculative stories, and fun illustration art. It’s the perfect way to relax after a long day.

This comic was originally published on February 26, 2021.

This comic appears in Survival Anxiety Comics & Stories Issue 2 KABLOOIE. Original indie comics, short speculative stories, and fun illustration art. Great to read, share, or start a warm fire with.

This comic was originally published on March 31, 2021.

Enjoy this comic in Survival Anxiety Comics & Stories Issue 2 KABLOOIE. Comics, short stories, and great illustration art for your book shelf or coffee table. Or your floor I guess. Wherever gravity takes it, really.

This comic was originally published on December 30, 2020.

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This comic was originally published on January 31, 2021.