INTRODUCING BUCKY & FRANK

All throughout my childhood, I loved comic strips. I loved reading them in the Sunday paper, and I loved creating my own comics, too. I came up with so many different ideas, but I only ever stuck with one idea for a few strips until I moved on to something new. Then one day, when I was 13, I invented a new comic strip that stuck – and it lasted right up until just before I went to college! It was about a beaver named Bucky and a frog named Frank, and all the mischief they could get themselves into. And I thought it would be fun to share some of these old comics with you!

Below is one of the first drawings of Bucky & Frank that I ever did. (They looked a bit different at the beginning – they developed a cleaner look and they even developed unique personalities as I started drawing them more regularly!)

My original idea for this comic was that they would be software developers who had no skills and therefore could not keep a job. My sole inspiration for that aspect of my comic was that my dad is a software developer – but since I actually didn't know anything about that field, that idea didn't last too long. Below is one of the first actual comic strips that I created with these characters:

My storyline shifted to the characters struggling to keep any job at all. Then after that, it shifted again and became about two characters who just didn't have a lot of money, and who came up with crazy ways to overcome this unfortunate circumstance. What usually ended up happening was that Frank was always trying to talk Bucky out of his ridiculous schemes – such as building a car using parts of the house. Here are two more comic strips:

I hope you found my silly beaver and frog amusing, and I will certainly be including more of them in future posts!

Alison

P.S. My new wedding stationery website, Limes & Daisies, is still in progress! I will let you all know when it is close to being officially launched!