So, this strip has an odd origin story. While I was working on the PREVIOUS strip... the one where I SPECIFICALLY mention that I didn't ask folks for permission to include them in the strip... I posted a preview of some of the art. And in that preview on social media, I mentioned that I was working on strips about the Reuben Awards event. Immediately, a handful of cartoonist friends that HAD been there specifically commented about how they hoped to see themselves in the strip. (Well, in funnier wording that THAT. They ARE cartoonists, after all.) Reading THAT, I made the leap and said, "Well, I'm considering this official permission!" and started drawing THIS strip. So, thanks to Wayno of Bizarro Comics , Dana Simpson of Phoebe and her Unicorn, and Jamar Nicholas of Leon the Extraordinary, (Who I asked in a PM) for the permission to be VERY self indulgent! (Hope you don't hate the caricatures!) Anyone ELSE who sees this and is bummed I didn't include you, keep in mind that the strip has a panel limit and I am exceedingly shy about asking. Anyone who gave me approval since YESTERDAY'S strip... gimmie time to draw something new! lol
