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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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08/12/10 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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08/11/10 Motor Boat

August 11th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/11/10 Motor Boat

Bethanne is the one who told me the “motorboat motorboat” song that goes with swimming, I never heard it growing up. But it was so cute that i had to write this strip.

└ Tags: Dee, swimming, 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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08/07/10 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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08/05/10 Vachel to the Rescue

August 5th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/05/10 Vachel to the Rescue

I like how the flapping feather in the last panel came out. It took a few sketches to get that down.

└ Tags: Vachel
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08/04/10 Inconsiderate Animals

August 4th, 2010 | by christopher
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08/04/10 Inconsiderate Animals

The last two panels of this strip are two of my favorites. The expression, the sentiment, everything. Heck, Ted’s expression in the first panel is lovely too.

└ Tags: Ted, 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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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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