Red and Rover by Brian Basset for September 04, 2011

And no better friend to spend it with, Red…

Oh! That is just beautiful! Great artwork, great feeling, great everything. Yes, cherish the memories they are precious.

Breath taking and super poignant.

Brian, that is certainly one of your best works of art ever – and you’ve put together some awesome works in your time.

Buck looking forward to fall buck buck.

Thank you Brian.

beautiful colors!

Fall is in the air and soon the leaves will be the colors of this wonderful sky.

Perfect pic to end the Summer.

great

Beautiful. Sad.

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments. To Ladyfingers88, it is not a photograph. To do the sky I used watercolor pencils, markers and blender markers. I then scanned it at my studio in Seattle and uploaded it to Kansas City where my digital colorist at Universal Uclick, Brian Whitmer, gave it even more life by marrying the black and white line work and bringing everything together with his digital art expertise — a great collaboration. He’s one of the best in the business.

Wow, it’s beautiful! You and your colorist are talented artists! Thank you for your wonderful strip. You bring a lot of happiness to many people.

My best friend (who happened to be four-legged and have an awfully waggy tail) died a few days ago and I have to say this strip was so beautiful and perfect it made me cry. :)

saving this one for my wall..

EVERY summer that I had with “Buster” by my side was the best summer …………ever. Then he was gone and I had to grow up and move on.

Great one! I miss all my best friends from years past so much. Never forget the good times…

Today – your best tale ever! Thank you for all the joy and beauty that Red and Rover bring to my life.

Just beautiful ….you are truly blessed with talent Brian.

BEAUTIFUL!

Brian, that was perfect!

“sigh”

Gorgeous work, Brian.

my my my!!! what great art!!!!!

I love this comic strip!

Yes, I’m buying the print too. Right now, in fact.

Priceless

Coming in late on the recommendation of Grog and am glad I did. Splendid job. Must be nice to live in a place where summer actually ends “on time”… :)

Brian, this is almost painfully beautiful and poignant. Thank you for a wonderful strip!

This is a Grand Slam Brian. I originally saw this last year but wasn’t registered to make comments. The imagery and simple statement stayed with me and here I am in April 2012 wanting to thank you. Great job!

Almost a decade later, still, thank you Brian.