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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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08/10/10 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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08/07/10 Escaping the Waterfall

August 7th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/07/10 Escaping the Waterfall

A second wing flapping moment I’m proud of. :)

I wonder what it is about going down river, that there MUST BE A WATERFALL for any story to be exciting.

└ Tags: Dee, Vachel
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08/06/10 On Being a Helper

August 6th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/06/10 On Being a Helper

Dee is a lot more scared than she is in later strips. Perhaps parental separation anxiety was more acute back then. Hrm.

└ Tags: Boats, Dee, Vachel
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08/03/10 Building a Raft

August 3rd, 2010 | by christopher
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08/03/10 Building a Raft

My, but Dee is strong in panel #3.

I liked playing with this concept, that to make someone bug off, you participate with them (unwittingly to them) to build their deliverance. :)

└ Tags: Boats, Dee, 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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07/30/10 Vachel, Butterfly

July 30th, 2010 | by christopher
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07/30/10 Vachel, Butterfly

This strip easily could’ve been Vachel/Dee as a rose/botanist, bunny/taxidermist, kitten/bulldog, candy/young child, etc etc. Pick something cute and harmless and find what hunts it.

But I think the net makes this choice the best. :)

└ Tags: Dee, Vachel
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07/29/10 Goodbye, Alligator

July 29th, 2010 | by christopher
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07/29/10 Goodbye, Alligator

“see ya, toots.”

snort.

Also, that’s the problem with taking on others emotions, when the “others” emotions change you’re kinda at a loss. :)

└ Tags: Alligator, Dee, Ted
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07/28/10 To Eat A Dog

July 28th, 2010 | by christopher
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07/28/10 To Eat A Dog

My favorite part of this strip was coming up with things a kid would promise to do, to convince a parent to let the kid keep an alligator.

This strip also begins the ongoing tension between the alligator and Blake.

└ Tags: Alligator, Dee, Ted
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07/27/10 Alligator

July 27th, 2010 | by christopher
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07/27/10 Alligator

The idea for this came to me when I was thinking about how kids like to bring pets home (though usually, fortunately, they’re small things like caterpillars). Alligators seemed more Dee’s speed.

And I never stopped being amused by the blurred line of animals and sapient animals. The Alligator is merely an animal, until Ted addresses him in the last panel.

└ Tags: Alligator, Dee, Ted, Vachel
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A full color graphic novel "Little Dee And The Penguin" featuring the cast of Little Dee (and written and illustrated by me) is being published April 5, 2016 by Penguin/Dial and is available for pre-order. (more information on the Penguin website)

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