The four-panel format was my first and most used comic style, and it belies that fact that most of my audience was on Insta which (at the time) relied on square images. It was a great format and four squares is sometimes just the right amount to play around with a particular gag.
Personally, creatively and professionally I’ve always been a technology guy. The Kid benefited from an abundance of toys and games and gadgets in the house and it often led to interesting moments balancing parenting with the allure of distraction, media, the internet or otherwise.
From holidays to travel to living in a vast multicultural country, the Kid grew up exposed to all sorts of curious traditions that gave her a rich childhood. It also made for interesting comedic fodder for her parents trying to keep up with her infinite curiosity about the eclectic world in which she lived.
You may have noticed some redundancy in the written content in these posts, particularly if you’ve been reading more than one or two of them. A couple years ago the original piday.ca site was hacked and lost… and I have had to rebuild it all from scratch. I had all the comics and art, but I have taken some shortcuts with a bulk content editor to try and give those comic strips as much context as I can.
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