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Happy Father's Day from Flapjack and K'nuckles!

Again, the spot color was essential for this one. That said, I'm inordinately happy with how panel 5 came out. lol Hopefully, this explains well enough why we have chosen to leapfrog Thanksgiving in favor of Christmas like Jack Skelington. Thank you. :)

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Well, this is a series of Christmas-themed strips. ONE of them was bound to forego an actual punchline in favor of some heartfelt sentiment. It's like... Christmas-Special LAW! And to quote Frank Cross... It's a FEDERAL law. It's not just a state thing. ;) Also, while this strip is running today, it should hopefully be clear that it's set on the day itself, hence Rick's indignation.

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Hope you enjoyed this little Holiday mini-story, A Finding Dee Christmas! It WILL be collected... along with lots of other strips... in an old-school, floppy comic book in 2026, and this will be the cover, which I'm sharing early as a Christmas Treat!

Thanks for a great year, and see you with yet another EXTRA new funny tomorrow!

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Being transgender is honestly a VERY small part of my everyday life. It's a part that gets magnified by others who would prefer I not exist, but I can't let those people stop me from living my life, or telling my story! The KICKSTARTER for Volume 3 of the Color Collection, where this strip can be found, is coming soon! Sign up NOW for updates!

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When folks ask me for a commission, I always have to specify WHICH Dee they want art from. Usually, my table will have comics in a LOT of different styles, and I never want to disappoint someone who likes, say, the Wellkeeper or Giant Girl Adventures, by drawing something in a Finding Dee style. That said, the Finding Dee style stuff is a LOT more fun to draw, and a lot easier on the eyes and wrist. lol

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So, as with the last two years, I really wanted to make a strip referencing that the earliest version of BETTY BOOP has entered the public domain. No, not to make a crappy slasher flick, but as a bit of fun commentary on the cultural trend to leap on such things. I had NO ideas, and said as much on my Facebook wall. Enter, Eric Costello. The awesome writer of my guest run on DICK TRACY, Eric, mentioned that he had an idea, and I gave him the go-ahead to write it up, and here we are! I think this is only the SECOND time anyone else has written a "Finding Dee" strip that I've drawn, and it was a LOT of fun. I LOVE working with guest writers and guest artists, FYI! (Hint, Hint!)

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The head & the heart… or whatever

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A Puppy's Love

This poor hush puppy style pup was overloved by his warm blooded puppy sibling. Here are a couple of his diagnosis photos:

He needed a bath, and muzzle and eye repair so he could once more explore his world with scent and sight.

Here he is in his bubble bath:

And here's his heart being made and installed with a bit of his original stuffing:

I had a near perfect match to repair his damaged muzzle, and his nose, while a bit worn, was to be kept. Hush puppy noses are proprietary, so we wouldn't have found a perfect match without a donor.

Once his nose was repaired, his eye paint was touched up. And finally, he got new whiskers. Hush Puppies always have whiskers, unlike a lot of stuffed dogs. When I put in whiskers, on cats or dogs or other patients, they're always a bit wild, so that their people can trim them to the desired length when they get home.

Here he is all better!

Puppy flew home from Arkansas and his whole family was thrilled to see him, including his sibling pup!

(they promise to be more gentle in the future!)

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Fred the stuffed microwavable owlet's accident: a shorter story

Fred the Owlet’s person wrote with an emergency. The email was titled: Owlet drowning incident, and the body of the email said:

Hi there,

I have a stuffed owl who I’ve had for many years who has great sentimental value to me. Much to my horror, I accidentally ran him through the washing machine on hot yesterday.

Based on some research, he’s by Intelex, and is thus is filled with lavendar and some kind of grain. He was microwavable prior to this incident. Since the washing machine situation, his inner grain seems to have expanded and I’m super worried he’s going to mildew. He is in great shape but I’m wondering if you would be able to restuff him? He means a great deal to me. Photos attached of Fred who is currently in the deck drying. Quote appreciated.

And here was the photo of Fred, outside in the sun but desperately wanting to return home:

(I knew as soon as I saw that that I would need to share this story with all of you!).

In any case, Fred’s person couldn’t get him to the hospital right away, but being a surgical nurse, she felt confident carefully opening him up and removing his filling before bringing him to the hospital. That filling was linseed and lavender. She planned to get a donor for his new organs, but brought him to the hospital for a full spa while the donor took few in.

After carefully removing all seeds from his seams, and stuffing from his feet and wings, Fred had another bath at the hospital to be sure he didn’t have any accidental internal growths. That’s the fear with seeds you see, I’ve seen them sprout inside stuffed animals!

Here he is in his bubble bath:

The donor arrived while Fred was drying, but Fred’s person just couldn’t sacrifice him for his organs. Instead, she weighed him and brought him to the hospital with a bag of linseeds that matched his weight. I had lavender to add, and we used Fred’s new brother as a reference for chubbiness only (no donor donation needed). Here are the two of them, ready to go home (Fred is on the right looking at the photo, and that’s Ralph the bunny (another patient) in the background):

The owlets’ human wrote:

Just a quick note to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Fred looks perfect- and he smells amazing!! I’m confident that we will have many more years together now, and I couldn’t be more grateful.

Thank you for what you do, and thank you for adding whimsy to a world that could use a lot more of that.

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Nutly the Squirrel and National Teddy Bear Day!

I was planning to tell you about Nutly today because he's a squirrel, and when I think of fall (which it's not technically yet, but is coming up fast) I think of squirrels gathering nuts. And then I found out that today is National Teddy Bear Day! So, first, Happy National Teddy Bear Day from me and my teddy bear to you and all of yours (and all the other stuffies too!).

Ok, now on to the preplanned fall story of Nutly, who belongs to one of you kind people... and arrived at the hospital with her own teddy bear!. :-)

Nutly's person wrote back in April. Here is a partial excerpt of her first email, titled "Just putting out feelers".

"..since I'm not sure if I'm ready to do this just yet, or when I will be.

Nutly is a 9" stuffed squirrel who I've had since 1997 and may very well be my soul living outside of my body. Unfortunately, I have loved her to the point where I wanted to ask about your services so I can continue to sleep with her every night without worrying about her long-term prospects. Her neck is really thin and she has had a hair scrunchie around it, like some sort of Elizabethan ruff, to make sure it stays straight and stable. Luckily no flopping yet. The scarf was a jaunty later addition that constantly needs retying (we joke that she likes to remove it for attention).

Plus she badly needs cleaning. Sadly my mom put her through the washing machine a few times when I was younger, but I said 'nope never again' and the upshot is she hasn't been bathed in over 20 years at this point. You could be forgiven for not realizing her muzzle used to be white. I tried to gently remove some of the dark stuff around her muzzle seams, and the fur underneath was yellowed, so I stopped.

I also genuinely don't know what to do about her nose. It used to be pleather. I think it's now mostly superglue.

I'm sure you hear this from everyone who writes you, but I'm getting really emotional even thinking about sending her away. I genuinely don't think I'm ready right now. But I thought talking to you, and coming up with a plan, might help me become ready.

And here are some of Nutly's diagnosis photos, along with a younger similar squirrel for comparison:

So, you can see Nutly was pretty worn in some areas, and had some nose issues, and wanted a spa. It took a bit, but we (Nutly, her person, and I) eventually scheduled her for a summer appointment, and agreed we'd take her treatment step by step. The first step would be a spa and lining. All of her original stuffing would be saved outside of her repaired body, and returned to her person for sentimental purposes. She was quite cozy when she arrived at the hospital (with her own teddy bear!):

Here she is in her bubble bath:

and here's her heart being made and installed with a bit of her original stuffing once she was lined:

Next was redoing her nose and her first chubbiness check:

Here is her buddy, checking up on her progress from home:

And here's her chubbiness adjusted:

With that approved, her person decided it would be ok to go ahead with transplants for bald spots. She selected a furry fleece, and here's Nutly after that treatment:

At this point her person wrote: She looks beautiful. I'm so happy. I wish I could reach out and give her a huge hug.

You'll note her tail was still bald. That would require a much longer ply fur. Here she is, all better!

I like the top down photo because you can really see how fluffy her tail is! Note her white area didn't get any treatment other than the spa, because the balding wasn't structural and we didn't want to change her expression. Her person wrote: SHE IS PERFECT and yes, I absolutely approve! I wasn't expecting this so soon and I'm delighted.

Nutly flew home and in addition to a very nice note from her person, Nutly sent this note:

Hi Dr. Beth! I had a really fun time at the hospital. You took such good care of me and it made me feel special. I also feel really fat, like I gathered just enough nuts for winter. Plus my tail is super fluffy and I forgot what that was like. I'm back home and ready to climb on stuff again and sit on the bed with Bailey watching birds on the telephone wire outside the window and dreaming about climbing trees. T cried a little when she held me. I don't know if she wanted me to say that… but it's too late! I love her so much and I'm full of glee and happiness and joy now that I'm home. Say hi to all the other animals for me! Bye!

And here's Nutly at home with her friend Bailey Bunny (who has an appointment to come to the hospital shortly for a spa. :-)

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