Everything I draw ends up wearing a bow-tie

Anonymous asked: Can you imagine Gladstone making a really embarrassing honk/squeaky sound (like the kind a rubber chicken makes) when someone hugs him really hard

oh my god I can

dragonlikesdhmis asked: Is TPoH over? I hope not, but I automatically thought so when I saw the last page is a nice even number. I mean, 300 is lots of pages, but it's got me hooked! Please respond, Dragon

super duper not over we ain’t even halfway man

theshyreader asked: Just a question but when are you gonna continue that one skip comic called CLIP?

I’m not sure, to be honest, everything is so utterly chaotic right now I just don’t have the brainspace (or hand strength) to find inspiration for it again, and I don’t want to kill the idea for it by overworking and resenting it. I’m afraid it’s just on the shelf for now, but I do have the plot for it so hopefully one day I can return to it.

had a bunch of Gladstone asks so those are under the cut for y’all;

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Anonymous asked: Uncle Mod, I have a question and I direct it toward you because you always seem to have a nugget of wisdom to offer. Do you think object head characters are better kept to a visual medium? Sorry if I come across as blunt (quite frankly I'm not sure how to be anything but blunt). Take your time answering, if you feel like answering, and I wish you nothing but the best luck in all your endeavors. Sincerely, an anon who loves object heads but can only write.

I think you can do whatever the heck you want, and a character that’s described well can look like anything! In fact, it’s probably even cooler, because the way one person imagines, say, a person with a clock for a head, will almost certainly be different from someone else’s idea of that same object. I don’t think you should feel object heads are only limited to pictures, any more than any other type of character is!

Anonymous asked: Your comics are awesome, I love your work! You draw really well ❤ the magicstone comics are def my favorites. Sorry if it's been asked before, why do you like Gladstone as a character? In my country (Italy) most fans hate him with a passion, since he can be really mean to Donald and he's quite smug, but you made me see him from another persepective. He and Magica make a great couple!

ah shucks, thank you! I’m glad you like the stuff, and I think I made a post talking about why I like him before (which I can’t find haha go me) but, I think it’s partially because he’s so disliked? by the people in his world, not just ours- there’s something almost encouraging to me, seeing a character who is openly despised by people, who doesn’t give them the satisfaction of being upset by it and even encourages it: like, yeah! I’m not ‘nice’, so what? Bring it! Come on and boo me. I may be a fairly zany go-with-it person now, but I was not a confident kid, at all, and being a nerd of the first degree I certainly wasn’t a popular one. Reading about this character who was as flawed as I felt I was was refreshing, and yet this was also a character who was lucky, witty, cunning, and redeemable enough for me to get behind- it was very cathartic. I didn’t mind when he lost, because I knew he didn’t always deserve to win- just like me, but I especially loved it when he showed that little glimmer of good, because if Gladstone Gander was a good person when it really came down to it perhaps that meant I had that in me too. When I read the european comics and the stories that explored him actively encouraging this unpopular aspect of his public face in order to avoid people exploiting him and making false friendships to access his luck, I was completely sold. He’s also clearly a deeply isolated and lonely character, and while it’s partly self inflicted I can’t help but feel sorry for the guy.

I’ve also always loved morally grey/neutral trickster-type characters like Anubis, Anansi, and Loki (probably for similar reasons), and the flexibility and spontaneity they offer to stories by acting as wild cards. There’s a freedom and joy to them that’s indescribably appealing to me. In summary; I guess I saw flaws in Gladstone that I saw in myself, and I saw a courage and potential in him that I wished I had.