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   3hourtour said, about 1 month ago

   what is the yellow animal…a pogo?…

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   jglynn said, about 1 month ago

   He’s a bear. A huggable, delicious bear.

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   Nathan Cooper said, about 1 month ago

   Just don’t ask me what kind.

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   misty.water.color.me... said, about 1 month ago

   Nathan Cooper how do you know when a joke is funny?

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   tinachambers said, about 1 month ago

   I like the color. Bluejays are supposed to be hornery birds.

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   jglynn said, about 1 month ago

   The first day of any character-based comic is really tough. You have to introduce premise, characters and setting and it can’t be too wordy .. then you have to be funny and compelling enough to make people want to read it again the next day.

   I thought Nathan made a great choice by choosing a narrator to set everything up. You get a quick feel for the characters and their playfulness and the idea that Del would be the victim of many of their pranks.

   Would have liked to get their names in here somehow and we actually toyed with a Looney Tunes type identifier, but it made the comic seem to crowded and unrealisitic.

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   Nathan Cooper said, about 1 month ago

   @misty.water.color.me…

   I know a joke is funny when my editor tells me it is.

   Actually, a lot of my jokes aren’t all that funny. After I write some strips, I take a break, look at what I wrote and narrow down the good ideas. Then I try to take a joke that is OK/funny and really work on the last panel to make it as good or unexpected as I can. That’s usually the process.

   Analyzed spontaneity, basically.

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   Nathan Cooper said, about 1 month ago

   I just realized my answer was slightly depressing.

   Someone getting hit in the groin with a football is also funny.

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   The Blue said, about 1 month ago

   Nathan,

   Welcome to the club… don’t get hit with it. I think a cartoon is funny when you laugh… but then, I’ve been called stoopid before two.

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    Nathan Cooper said, about 1 month ago

    Hey Blue. Funny certainly is subjective.

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    R_Noonan63 said, about 1 month ago

    Looking forward to more adventures in the Sticks.

    I always found the Pulling the Football out from under Charlie Funny then I watch The Lions play and that happens every week now its not so funny.

    Now a Skunk with a Peanutbutter jar stuck on the head Thats Funny. Real News story on our News cast tonight..

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    Destiny23 said, about 1 month ago

    I’ve never played golf, but this looks more entertaining than the real thing!

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    JerryFisher said, about 1 month ago

    Nathan…I ‘m curious to know if you played in the ‘minors’ (i.e., Sherpa, etc) before getting syndication. If not, did you make syndication on your first try…second…or? I’m a wannabe on Sherpa

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    Nathan Cooper said, about 1 month ago

    @JerryFisher

    I went through the old fashioned method of submitting my strip by mail. I think In the Sticks was my fourth idea. I submitted a prior strip, didn’t hear anything back for a few months so I moved on to another idea(In the Sticks).

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    vasgar1 said, about 1 month ago

    I’m liking it so far.