I drew up the initial character designs when I was 9 years old. The comic strip has existed in many different forms over the years, but Andrew and Rose have been there from the start.

For a few years I filled up multiple sketchpads with three strips to a page, and each strip was a three or four panel joke. I experimented with creating full-page “Sunday” comics, in full color, every 7th strip. This continued for a few years, although the output slowed in the first year of college.

In 2014, I challenged myself to create five large spreads on an 18”x24” pad of paper. I enjoyed the larger format that gave me the room to tell a longer story, in the style of the old Krazy Kat comic strip.

I added the “Comix” to my title as a homage to the older newspaper comic strips.

Influences include: Charles Schulz, George Herriman, Patrick McDonnell, Bill Watterson, Marcus Hamilton, Walt Kelly, Milton Caniff, Lynn Johnston, Wiley Miller, Percy Crosby, Cliff Sterrett.

Materials: I use a Hunt 101 nib, in India Ink.