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Chris Baldwin is an author and illustrator for MAD Magazine. Little Dee has been written up in the Washington Post and the UK Daily Telegraph.

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08/19/10 – Un-Ownership

August 19th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/19/10 – Un-Ownership

I’m a big believer in public property and libraries.

I had mentioned libertarianism (not unkindly) in this blog, and it began building a debate. So i deleted the posts, I don’t think this is the place and I take the blame and apologize for inviting it.

Best, -Christopher

└ Tags: Blake, Dee, Ted, Vachel

08/18/10 Whose woods?

August 18th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/18/10 Whose woods?

It’s not a matter of possession or non possession, it’s who CONTROLS the rules of possession that counts.

└ Tags: Blake, Dee, Ted, Vachel
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08/17/10 Marking a Territory

August 17th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/17/10 Marking a Territory

If someone reaches for the last cookie, it behooves you to either lick it or sneeze on it. Just saying.

└ Tags: Blake, Vachel
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08/12/10 Making Light the Boat

August 12th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/12/10 Making Light the Boat

I find that so much of humor is based on the “nature” of a character, and so telling a dog “fetch” is so repeatedly ripe for it. Dog’s can’t help it. You say “fetch” and bang, they’re off.

As the story goes, the scorpion said “No, frog, of course I won’t sting you if you carry me across the pond. If I did, then we would BOTH drown.” Upon stinging (of course), as they both sink, the frog asks why. “Because,” said the scorpion, “it is in my nature.”

└ Tags: Blake, Boats, Dee, Fetch, Ted, Vachel
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08/10/10 Swim Class

August 10th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/10/10 Swim Class

Ted’s temper is shown a little bit here, although it later rather mellowed out.

I was particularly proud of Blake’s line in this one. Not only to show his earnest/clueless nature, but also because it gave us a visual to imagine — that of Dee sitting at the bottom of the lake not swimming at all.

In real life this would not be funny at all. Just so’s you know.

└ Tags: Blake, Dee, swimming, Ted, Vachel
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08/09/10 A Trail of Pebbles

August 9th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/09/10 A Trail of Pebbles

Right understanding (through explanation) that his idea won’t work, wrong in understanding that the same reasoning applies to similar ideas.

Pebbles are still a good idea.

└ Tags: Blake, Dee, Dee's_Parents, Ted, Vachel
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08/02/10 Tire Swing

August 2nd, 2010 | by christopher
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08/02/10 Tire Swing

She totally looks like a muppet, to me, in the third panel (and I openly admit that the Muppets have been a big influence on me).

This strip came from the idea that something coming back like a swing actually is a complex concept and requires some foresight. Blake was the obvious choice. :)

└ Tags: Blake, Dee, Vachel
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07/24/10 Perspective

July 24th, 2010 | by christopher
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07/24/10 Perspective

Ever since I began swimming as a kid, I’ve always loved how clear everything is underwater, and how surreal it is to see the bottom half of people underwater and the top half obscured by the water’s surface.

I’d say this strip was half inspired by the joke, and half inspired by me wanting simply to draw it.

└ Tags: Blake, Dee, Fish, Ted, Vachel
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07/16/10 Safe Landings

July 16th, 2010 | by christopher
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07/16/10 Safe Landings

It was interesting working out the twist in this strip. The joke being that Blake is pointing out Vachel’s insensitivity, and I needed a device to show Vachel’s being so oblivious to his own insensitivity that he doesn’t see the saracasm. Missing batteries from a camcorder hit the nail on the head.

I also like that i got her swing balance just right in panel 2.

└ Tags: Blake, Dee, Flower, Ted, Vachel
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07/15/10 A Good Coach

July 15th, 2010 | by christopher
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