Easily Distracted
When I was a little kid, my grandma used to cut out Family Circus comics from the paper and paste them in scrapbooks for me. She’d cross out Billy’s and Jeffy’s names and write in mine, and add glasses to the mom to more resemble my own. Every so often there would be one that was a large single comic panel of one of the kids being sent on some errand, only to wander around becoming completely distracted by everything else. This is Ellie’s tribute to those strips.
Beautifully drawn!
Thanks Sean!
I am full of warm fuzzies for you. Thanks so much for reminding me sometimes the simplest strips are the ones that stay with you the longest.
I think Warm Fuzzies are indigenous to Planet X.
I’m sure I’ve done something like this at some point in my life.
I’ve been doing that all day today. I’ve been working on replying to these comments since this morning.
Really lovely drawing!
I am curious, what animal lives in this hole…
…btw, seems as if Ellie suffers from procrastination 🙂
Thanks Carsten! The rest of Mission Control is curious about that animal too. We were joking that it might be a tiny AT-AT Walker based on it’s tracks.
This is awesome, Jim. I always get excited when I see Ellie has a double sized strip, and this didn’t disappoint!
Thanks Tom! Looks like I have to work harder on the regular-sized strips to get you all excited about them too. 😀
Is Jeff still calling Muffin “Muffin”?
Also, finding out about new species technically isn’t getting distracted, it’s her job!
We’re not sure if Jeff ever called Muffin by anything other than his real name (except for the time he mentioned that everyone on Earth loves muffins). They did know each other before Ellie’s arrival after all.
And you’re right, that’s her job. She just got sidetracked a bit from her current goal of getting Muffin to let her study him. But whatever data we get back, it’s all good.
Excellent storytelling! Classic!
Thanks, as always, Denver!
Beautiful. You need to make a print of this. I could see kids having this in their rooms. It was great getting to meet you at Kids Read Comics over the weekend. It was a really nice surprise. I love your promo post card. A work of art.
Thanks Frank! (For some reason I thought I responded to this post – I guess not!) Yeah, it was great meeting you too.
If I ever sit down and figure out this whole make a print/have a store/ advertising thing, I just might make it a print.
This page is just gravy! I love all the little details. Also I want to know what was in the hole. It’s amazing how you use such a limited color pallet with such little line work to differentiate things.
Mmmm…gravy. Thanks Figgs! I try my best.
Since we can’t direct Ellie as to what to look for, we can only hope that she goes back to find out what’s in that hole. Keep watching!
I was going to post something, but then I got distra
Oooh, look! a bright, shiny object!
Very sweet!