The kids names will be Molly Wolliker and Thommy Tinkerton. I think.

Do they sound like names that have been used together before?

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*Note: I'm not calling the strip "Character Interaction" even though that really is the theme of the whole thing. I was just naming this one file as an example.


Also, I like how the character names roll: Winston, Moe, Tillie, Otto & Reg

Of all the characters, this guy here is the one most likely to be revised before I start production:



But the bandaid on the nose stays!

Even though they're looking fairly well done, I don't consider these character designs to be anywhere near final. In fact, I imagine I'll be tweaking them quite a bit over the course of the comic's run itself.

One thing that I can already tell will be giving me trouble is Otto's boots. I like 'em a lot, but I only really know how to draw them one way right now and they hike a third of the way up his body. Not very flexible. I need to find a similarly built character with similar boots in somebody else's comic and see how they handle that. It seems very likely the tops of the boots are going to shrink a bit.

I'm also not sure about Reg's legs. They're too realistic for a stuffed animal, let a lone a cartoon character. On the other hand, I know I can draw them well from any angle and in any pose.

So, even though I've got a premise and I'm starting to name the characters, I still don't have a name for the comic. I suppose that will come in time.

Here's another character for that comic I'm working on:



She's about eight inches tall. Based on a stuffed animal I once had (as are the others).