Awoo!: 30 Sweet And Silly Comics About Wolves Of The Woodland, By This Artist

As summer is just around the corner, I believe all of us start to wonder about escaping to nature. So, as a little teaser, we invite you to explore this artist’s funny comics that revolve around creatures of woodland - wolves.

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Howling With Laughter: Dive Into The World Of Awoo Comics

To learn more about the comics and the artist behind them,Bored Pandareached out to Andy.First of all, Andy told us more about himself and his background. “I began my career as a professional cartoonist as a staff illustrator at CollegeHumor in NYC, alongside many of the most talented people I’ve ever met. If you know ofDrawfee, those were my co-workers! It was great. While I was there, I primarily worked on a series called Ben & Steph, though I did a good mix of other things as well. After that, I primarily worked on my two series for WEBTOON, Behind the GIFs and Elf & Warrior. Along the way, I’ve made a lot of random little projects (Your D&D Stories, Taterpig, etc.), but these days I’m mostly working on Awoo!”

To learn more about the comics and the artist behind them,Bored Pandareached out to Andy.

First of all, Andy told us more about himself and his background. “I began my career as a professional cartoonist as a staff illustrator at CollegeHumor in NYC, alongside many of the most talented people I’ve ever met. If you know ofDrawfee, those were my co-workers! It was great. While I was there, I primarily worked on a series called Ben & Steph, though I did a good mix of other things as well. After that, I primarily worked on my two series for WEBTOON, Behind the GIFs and Elf & Warrior. Along the way, I’ve made a lot of random little projects (Your D&D Stories, Taterpig, etc.), but these days I’m mostly working on Awoo!”

Howling With Laughter: Dive Into The World Of Awoo Comics

We were curious to know what drew Andy to the world of cartooning in the first place. He shared: “My dad is an illustrator and my mom is a writer, so I guess you could say comics were the fusion of those things. But I think the biggest part of it was growing up reading a ton of Calvin & Hobbes and other short comics. I had wanted to be a cartoonist from the time I was six years old or so—I didn’t really think it was going to be possible, and I didn’t pursue it seriously until my mid-20s, when I quit my retail job and enrolled in art school. I dropped out after a year to take the job at CollegeHumor.”

Howling With Laughter: Dive Into The World Of Awoo Comics

Andy also told us about his creative process and how he continues to come up with ideas for his Awoo! characters.“I wish I could better convey my creative process, because that might mean I understand it. Sometimes the ideas just come to me. More often, I meditate on jokes and ideas while doing something that doesn’t require active attention—driving a long way on the highway or taking a long walk—and get a lot of my writing done that way. Sometimes I just have to sit down with my laptop and spend a few hours coming up with things. It’s a lot easier when the project is new, and every idea you have is valid and tenable. Once the identity of a project is more firmly established, you have constraints to work within, and it’s very easy to lean on jokes that are just about the characters. But that gets old fast.”

Andy also told us about his creative process and how he continues to come up with ideas for his Awoo! characters.

“I wish I could better convey my creative process, because that might mean I understand it. Sometimes the ideas just come to me. More often, I meditate on jokes and ideas while doing something that doesn’t require active attention—driving a long way on the highway or taking a long walk—and get a lot of my writing done that way. Sometimes I just have to sit down with my laptop and spend a few hours coming up with things. It’s a lot easier when the project is new, and every idea you have is valid and tenable. Once the identity of a project is more firmly established, you have constraints to work within, and it’s very easy to lean on jokes that are just about the characters. But that gets old fast.”

Howling With Laughter: Dive Into The World Of Awoo Comics

Regarding the audience, Andy shared what he hoped that people would take away from his artwork.“I hope the audience takes away some modicum of the peace that making the comics brings to me. A little respite in the madness of social media is nice, anyway. But I put myself in a very intentional mindset to make these, and doing that as a habit has been healing. I hope some of that gets through to the readers.”

Regarding the audience, Andy shared what he hoped that people would take away from his artwork.

“I hope the audience takes away some modicum of the peace that making the comics brings to me. A little respite in the madness of social media is nice, anyway. But I put myself in a very intentional mindset to make these, and doing that as a habit has been healing. I hope some of that gets through to the readers.”

Howling With Laughter: Dive Into The World Of Awoo Comics