The Present
This was pretty much exactly as it went when Loli, our little persian cat, proudly placed in front of us its latest prey. My brain had barely enough time to register what was wriggling in her semi-open mouth as she climbed onto bed, but once it hit our sheets it sent me and my wife scrambling for the door. We had to change the sheets (er, because of what she brought, not because we crapped our pants) and I barely remembered to praise Loli for her gift… but by then she was totally confused and upset by our reaction.
As single panels comics take a fraction of the time to do, I experimented with brushes and whatnot to flesh it more. The anatomy is all wonky and unrealistic, and the color is a bit rough; overall, though, I’m glad I didn’t use just flat colors again. The most pleasant feature, the style of the characters’ eyes, was lifted from a terrific french illustrator called Arthur de Pins.
I had hopes of having all the information by now, but this single panel comic is a sign of things to come, since the future of Port Sherry as you know it is getting… hazy. I hope I have more concrete news by the next update.
Thanks for stopping by!
–Pedro Arizpe
PS. Do you want to know what it was? Place the mouse cursor over the image.
Oh, goddammit, how long have you been putting title text on these. God. Damn. It.
So anyway, yeah, it could have been worse. I was expecting something like… half a bird.
The comic obscures the gift so people can imagine even worse things, yes. Cats are known to offer little mauled mammals and birds, but since we keep our cats inside, a gigantic live roach was the best she could find. It wasn’t so much the fact that it was a bug that freaked us out, but how it jumped out of the cat’s mouse and scuttled over in our direction.
Thanks for reading! Cheers!
–Pedro A.
Loli:
Mr. & Ms. A.:
Loli: Y’ could just have told me, that you don’t like the crunchy kind of food. Regurigated mouse then, next time?
Uh sorry … seems your site doesn’t like <: and >. Another try
Loli: *offers giant roach*
Mr. & Ms. A.: *panicked reaction
Loli: Y’ could just have told me, that you don’t like the crunchy kind of food. Regurgitated mouse then, next time?
Ah! Now I get it.
Loli: <offers giant roach>
Mr. & Ms. A.: <panicked reaction>
Loli: Y’ could just have told me, that you don’t like the crunchy kind of food. Regurgitated mouse then, next time?