Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for May 23, 2015
May 22, 2015
May 24, 2015
Transcript:
Phoebe: Mom, Dad, I'm gonna go play outside.
Dad: Aw! C'mon, stay inside and play video games.
Phoebe: This better not be some kind of reverse psychology.
Mom: Quiet! You're gonna make me lose a guy.
Comic strip parents often feel kind of dated. I think a lot of people base them on their own parents. And considering if you’re doing a comic strip you’re probably an adult yourself, you’re depicting parents of a different generation than a contemporary child would actually have. So instead I based Phoebe’s parents on my nerdy friends.
Comic strip parents often feel kind of dated. I think a lot of people base them on their own parents. And considering if you’re doing a comic strip you’re probably an adult yourself, you’re depicting parents of a different generation than a contemporary child would actually have. So instead I based Phoebe’s parents on my nerdy friends.