Even though Wendi’s comics are not very well-known yet, they are full of personality and creativity. We’re excited to share her work here on Bored Panda and help more people discover the captivating stories of Theo and Ted. We think her comics deserve a wider audience, and we hope you’ll love them as much as we do! More info: Instagram “Knowing I liked to draw, and also aware of my general lack of direction, my dad would periodically suggest, ‘You should make a comic, like Peanuts.’ So I tried to come up with an idea for a comic. My kids were young then, and they had a massive teddy bear collection. I remember looking at their bears one day and thinking to myself, ‘I wonder if they’d all get along.’ Of course not!” “It was about ten years before I seriously tried again. My kids were older and now I had better tech. I tried doing a joke a day, like Garfield, my favorite comic growing up. But after doing about a hundred and fifty, I kind of wanted to try something new. I wanted to try a story that went for more than three panels. So I took some jokes I’d written about the tooth fairy, and tried expanding it into a story involving Theo trying to enlist Bean (the smallest bear) to try and help him steal the tooth fairy money. It’s not amazing, but I enjoy the challenge, and I would like to write more lengthy stories.” “I feel most alive. If I can do a little creativity that day, it feels like a good day. I also watercolor and dabble in writing other stories I hope to someday flesh out. I took my first 150 comics and printed them as a photo book and gave my dad a copy for his birthday. It’s kind of embarrassing because you know they aren’t so very good, and your parents are probably worried about what you’re doing with all your spare time. His reaction wasn’t effusive (like super expressive and positive), but later my siblings would come to me and tell me dad had shared my comics with them, and how much they liked them, and that made me feel really good. You feel like you’re sharing a bit of yourself with people you care about.” “It feels exhausting to do every step. There are so many decisions to make. It’s overwhelming. But if you take your time, and keep plugging away, eventually you kind of start to find a rhythm that feels doable. And it’s exciting. You feel like you’re part of the larger comics community (even though I’m shy and I don’t really talk to anyone about comics, online or otherwise). You are part of that select group of people that show up consistently and create, and that is really satisfying.” Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
