Inktober 2: Spider

Inktober 2: Spider

There’s a NO in “arachNOphobia.” 😬

*No mice were harmed in the making of this comic, but they may have experienced the heebie-jeebies.*

If you’re wondering why there’s suddenly a random elephant in the comic…
In the very first Lab Mice drawings (a series of doodles on a high school biology quiz), a mouse met an elephant, who panicked (“elephants are afraid of mice”) and inadvertently squished the mouse. The mouse reappeared in a body cast, the elephant apologized, and the two agreed to be friends. And then Elephant almost never appeared again. So here she is, 18 years later! Does a character count as “recurring” if she’s only seen about once every decade?

Inktober 1: Dream

Inktober 1: Dream

The Mice eat a lot of cheese, and probably dream of cheese. And if cheese gives you weird dreams, then….

Inktober is Coming!

Inktober is coming! Inktober is coming!

(Tri-corner hats are harder to draw than I expected.)

Anyway–Inktober is just around the corner! I’m looking forward to drawing (and laughing) my way through October! I have ideas for most of the prompts, including several comic strips, a couple of Dysautonomia awareness comics, and an art parody. And I can’t wait to be inundated with other artist’s amazing work all month!

Countdown to Inktober: Part 4

Spooky season=popping popcorn at your haunted campsite next to an eldritch tomb.

Countdown to Inktober: Booger

Definitely went with “suggestive of” or “adjacent to” or “in the Venn diagram with” on this prompt. I’m always up for smashing a hole in the fourth wall, though. The Mice, probably less so.

Countdown to Inktober: Part 3

Two more weeks!

Countdown to Inktober: Forget

When you have a really great idea for an Inktober prompt, and then…POOF!

Countdown to Inktober: Part 1

I’m busy brainstorming and sketching for this year’s Inktober challenge (beginning October 1!), so I thought we’d have a look back at some of my favorite comics from last year’s prompts.

For the month of October, I’ll be drawing a new Lab Mice comic (generally one-panel) each day, based on the Inktober prompt list.

If you would like to follow me through this year’s challenge, I’ll be posting daily here on my blog for the month of October, as well as on my Instagram and Facebook page.

Now, without further ado…

Writer’s Block, Part 2

Why solve your own problems when you can complicate someone else’s?

The sequel to “Writer’s Block, Part 1.”

Comic from 2010, Standing on the Edge of Real Life.

Writer’s Block, Part 1

Making your creative crisis pull its own weight.

In other news, the Inktober 2023 prompt list debuts today! So we participants have a whole month to agonize over–I mean, plan–what we’re going to post for 31 days, starting October 1. Let’s hope inspiration shows up to work this month.

Comic from 2010, Standing on the Edge of Real Life.