Today's Quixote Coyote strip:
I honestly can't remember how or why I came up with the whole "Fake Autographed Baseball" story arc. I just know that I wanted Panda Jackrabbit to come off like a naive rube, and that was how I ended up showing. Since then, Panda's dogged pursuit of showing everyone his prize baseball not only his firmly established the good natured pig-headishness of the character, it has also proven to be a fairly deep well of comic possibility. Still, eventually, I needed to wrap this bit up, and at some point in the progression of the story I came up with this gag. I think it's a pretty good gag, even if there's no actual Logic to it. I mean, why is there the Ghost of a Famous Baseball Player hanging out in some random Haunted Mansion? It makes no sense, but it doesn't have to because this is a silly Cartoon Strip.
Speaking of Silly Cartoon Strips, what I like about working on one is that you can have a lot of fun with Facial Expressions and Body Language. Everyone on this page has some good moments, just in terms of their expressions or the positions their bodies assume, and that's really fun for me to draw. I also am growing to love Panda's ears, as they seem to be able to move completely independently of the rest of his body.
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