Making of "Dumb Baby" (Part 1) (Patreon)

J and I are both only children, so sibling dynamics confuse us no end! Where winding each other up gets fun, I have no idea! -but it must be, because it sure happens a lot! 😅 I don't think 11yo necessarily wants to upset 9yo, he just gets bored and it's a button he likes to push! Of course we have words with him about it, but we've also used it as an opportunity to teach 9yo how to navigate bullies by not rising to them. I saw this video on the subject years ago and it was brilliant, so I've tried to instill it in the kids. Well whaddya know, one day it worked and 9yo actually countered one of big bro's insults with "Mm-Hmm, you've said!" -which left 11yo somewhat at a loss for words!

J suggested I could use the set up in a comic and then have Vincent do the Pablo Escobar Meme, like he's so taken aback he goes on a journey of the soul! 😂

I can only attach 1 video per post, so I'll cover the meme drawing in Part 2, but this first page took a surprising amount of work as well!

I wanted Cooper to be actively playing with something, so that his non-reaction to Vincent would be funnier. I try to add cat jokes in whenever I can, so I made it the ball tower our cats love! I wanted him watching the ball like a child/cat would -batting at it and then crouching down to follow it as it comes around, but this is no easy feat when a character has such stubby arms! At the same time I had all of Vincent's poses. It was almost more of an animation than a comic -albeit, just 4 frames!

It was very important to me that Vince not have angry eyebrows during any of it. I didn't want him to look evil. In his mind he's just just pushing Coop and waiting for the reaction, much like Cooper is pushing the ball. Oh wow! That's good! I literally just made that connection! 🤣

(...Continued in Part 2)