Everything I draw ends up wearing a bow-tie

Anonymous asked: so how exactly /did/ you find your way from the cartoon dimension into this world

I don’t know I got lost please send me home

Anonymous asked: Have you seen the Phantom Tollbooth movie directed by Chuck Jones? It's from the late 60s. It's pretty good!

I have and I loved it! :D but then I’m a sucker for Chuck Jones in most any form, so

Anonymous asked: im so mad but so happy you made me realize how perfect a couple Gladstone and Magica are like, they're both so awful? I mean. in the best way. like Really Good Bad.

‘the best at being the worst’ not-entirely-bad-guys-bad-guys are my fav and deserve to be happy kinda

Anonymous asked: where dem hilarious mod selfies I love

np I got u buddy

Anonymous asked: (please tell me you got that 'early bird' Gladstone Gander tier reward for the kickstarter)

(you bet your sweet beak I did buddy)

Anonymous asked: does Gladstone actually like knowing about stuff like horoscopes and magic, or did you just kinda run with that as an idea for that comic? it's neat! I just wondered if it's in the canon comics?

it’s canon! there are quite a few stories where it’s demonstrated in the modern comics, but it’s been a thing since the early days- like when Gladstone is determined to find a square-trunked speckled elephant for Scrooge (which he set a 1 billion reward for and doesn’t actually want)

and here where he identifies an ‘unlucky’ charm Donald owns

Gladstone wat u doin in haunted houses anyway oh and there’s this

y’know, just your average everyday knowledge there

Anonymous asked: HOW do you keep your inspiration from flying out the widow to continue TPoH?? or do you have to force out a new page every week? AND do you have plans for the story or do you come up with things as you go?

Actually, it’s one of the reasons I do all this fanart and have TpatJ on the go as well- which might seem crazy, but it’s true! I find having more than one project avoids having any one of them become a ‘chore’. If I don’t feel like I’m ‘in the zone’ for one story, I can work on another, and allowing myself to venture into doodling stuff that I like just for the hell of it doesn’t just let me learn new stuff, it keeps my love of drawing alive! I guess the danger I’ve seen a lot of people I worked with fall into is that drawing became just work; the only reason they drew was for work. Having weak hands I can understand this all too easily, as by the time you’ve finished what you have to draw you’re too mentally and physically fatigued to draw what you would like to draw. I’m in a bizarre, very lucky position where I can just about structure my time to accommodate both, and I find that it’s important to make time for the ‘like’ part for the very reason you’re describing. If I only drew TPoH, I would start to find it frustrating, draw much slower, love it less, and it would gradually pollute the story. I wouldn’t make it faster, I would make it worse. As for the story, gosh yes it is planned! But as with many things, only in parts- the joining up sometimes happens as it goes, but the majority of it and biggest scenes have been set since day one.

Anonymous asked: I feel like one of the reasons you've won me over on Gladstone is you haven't for one second denied that he can be mean, can be sneaky, can be arrogant and self centred- you just, embrace it all? like you understand characters so intimately and instinctively, and helped me understand them too? like your comics feels so canon it's uncanny but like, the way you go in accepting and appreciating things makes me want to apply that way of thought to my actual life, it's amazing

I maybe teared up a bit reading this gosh

Anonymous asked: Hi mod! Im not sure if you watch steven universe or have seen the newest promo but i just saw it and all i could think of when i saw the newest gem was you! The outfit and how they talked/flailed around reminded me of your cartoonishness haha

I was saving it for this afternoon but if the one you’re talking about is that gem with a monocle? blue? flares for days? I am excited to see more of them bc yeah actually??? I even do that head-clutching squat thing when I’m venting what is this character?!

Anonymous asked: i don't think you fully understand your power, mod. you just made me ship donald duck's cousin with the magic duck. literally i just became deeply emotionally invested, and i really hardly do that ever.. you make me like literally whatever you touch. mod why do you do this to me

you didn’t see it but I just high-fived myself

…okay so, that’s clapping but