Stockings for St. Nick

“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.”

The last of the mini Christmas cards from 2010.

“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!”

All Wrapped Up

Two more days to get wrapped up for Christmas!

I really enjoy drawing and coloring these little cartoons, and then staging them for photos. Possibly I get more of a kick out of doing it than anyone else gets out of looking at them! If you happen to like this, however, I usually post these on the Lab Mice Instagram (which also has more behind-the-scenes content) or Facebook page.

Under the Mistletoe

“It’s nice you know, to kiss your beau, while cuddling under the mistletoe…”
~”Christmas in Killarney”

Another mini card from 2010.

Not a Creature was Stirring

…”Not even a mou–” Oh, nevermind….

This was among the first comics I drew in college (see the original below!), which I later polished up and colored for a Christmas card.

For all the holiday cooks and bakers out there, this will be available as a card in the Lab Mice Etsy shop–opening soon!

Purely Ornamental

Another 2010 cartoon for a series of mini Christmas Cards.

Candy Cane

Christmas is right around the corner!

This is a twelve-year-old (!) cartoon that I created for a set of mini Christmas cards.

H is for Hand Sanitizer

Ah yes, the black market for hand sanitizer in March 2020, and the insane online price gouging.

…And now you can hardly turn around without someone offering you free hand sanitizer.

“Q is for Quarantine” will return in the new year!

Mr. Snow

For Mr. Snow, this is being nice.

From Standing on the Edge of Real Life.

Sunglasses

Another old comic, from my college project Standing on the Edge of Real Life.

“Mr. Sun” appeared pretty early in the creation of Lab Mice, and I’ve always enjoy drawing him! He’s basically an octopus-balloon with sunglasses.

Also, the disappearing whiskers in the first panel….

Comics for Credit

Here’s a decade-old comic for you.

During my senior year of college, I approached my drawing professor about doing a cartooning independent study for credit towards my art minor. I would create a self-published comic book for the study, and mold Lab Mice into a fully-fledged cartoon at the same time. The professor was a comic book enthusiast, and agreed to the project. My “textbooks” were How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by Stan Lee and John Buscema, and The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson.

Naturally, I drew a few comics about the experience.

Comic from Standing on the Edge of Real Life.