hehehe ^^ As long as it's fun to read, all the technical stuff doesn't really matter all that much. So don't worry about it, you'll get there if you keep at it. =)

Something that "is" a bit confusing though is to understand what exactly is going on but I can also see how that is a huge challenge on its own so don't feel like you have to fix it on the spot since it's really something that takes time to get right.

But yeah...confusing parts, I mean I get that he's taking away his phone as a joke and all that although I'm not too sure what Loborio's hand gesture is really meant to convey in the 3rd panel. I could imagine it to be some kind of playful "please don't hit me I'm only joking" gesture I'd imagine? But I'm also not sure whether he just threw his son's phone out of the window since he's clearly not holding it in his paws anymore in the next panel but something must've happend for his son to yell at his dad, not too sure why though. ^^'

Thank you tons and tons, in my head I feel super obligated to do everything with a fine precision but in practice it just isn't possible with the skill I have nor the time if I wanted to get them out on a regular basis.

I can totally understand that concern, especially when I don't have a dedicated "page turn" system on each panel. If you were to go back to the first ever panel in my scraps it doesn't seem difficult to grasp what's happening as the dialogue gives it away with the interview and such. But given how a new reader is given no context to what's going on or even what the world/premise is it's a very real confusing perspective. Back when I started the initial panel, I wanted the readers to deduce what's going on by clues in the panels, but I never drew that many panels back then so that idea doesn't work haha.

It's very difficult to convey actions (especially drawn out ones) in a condensed manner without having to add more panels to begin with.

Sometimes you have to let the reader imagine what happens in-between the panels, so I like to imagine he placed it in his lap then help up his paw.

The explanation though is he's supposed to have turned his head around and then hold up his paw to conceal his snickering muzzle, but I like that "don't hit me" perspective XD

It would have made more sense for him to have like slapped it out of his paw but that's too mean haha.

Thank you for your kind words and criticisms, I'm going to use them to make the next one better :D

The story as a whole is clear when you go through all the pages. :) So no issue there. In my opinion the "no texting while driving"-joke was in absolute dad-joke territory so that actually fit the character of his dad quite well, I think. ^^ But slapping the phone out of his paws would really have been a dick move so I actually prefer the choice you went with instead. x3

Now that I think about it, actually this "scene" would make more sense if his dad were to snatch his phone away and throw it onto the backseat (in a playful manner) where his son couldn't reach it, which would absolutely justify the extra "DAAAAD!" in the last panel and especially the dads laughter. :) This action would convey something like: "I'm your dad and I make bad jokes but I also don't want you to stare at your phone all day because it's a bit of a rude gesture and also I want to talk to you on one of these rare ocassions that I get."

But yeah I totally agree that portraying certain actions might require more panels and I'm sure that at the moment you're happy over every panel that you "don't" have to draw since it's already hard enough to get one done in the first place. Buuut once you manage to find a certain routine, you might have some resources left to make it flow very nicely with not necessarely more panels but with some clever planning. :)

Also I'm not a comic artist or an artist at all, just someone who's been reading comics for many many years...so my "advice" really is only based on feel not on actual hands on experience. ^^'

Also I was wondering about the license plate, I'm sure you put a joke in there but I have quite a hard time to make out whether it's supposed to say: N88APAT or N38APAT...in both cases I'm not sure if there is a message to be found there or not but the whole "a pat" part in the end makes it sound like it could be part of a joke. 😁

I'm glad reading from the start makes sense. Given how little pages there are and the drastic differences in the characters/backgrounds in the earlier panels doesn't help, and as a result I wouldn't be surprised if there was any confusion.

The family/comic is supposed to be a reflection of my life. A really cheeky Father is just the start of it XD

Your idea/method of handling the phone/situation is so much better and even funnier than what I drew out. I only now hope I had thought of that idea too and properly translated it on paper. I definitely want to have more conversation between the two like you mentioned, it's exactly something the Dad would say haha.

As I get better with drawing comics and this one in particular, I hope to relay everything that's happening in a given panel clearly and more enjoyable than what I have now. It really is a challenge, but nothing worth having is easy.

I'd argue that gives you a better understanding than what I have, and I'm the one writing a comic haha. I've actually only ever read one whole comic here on FA all the way through to the end, and even then it was so long ago I'm still having to go and look for the proper way to do things.

I'll give you a hint, just say the phrase "N88APAT" over and over again fast and then listen to how it sounds like :D

If the cheeky father is only the beginning, I'm even more excited to see where this is headed. 😁 Also if you ever should decide to re-do the comic at a later date you hereby have my written permission to use that idea with no monetary compensation required. Make a screenshot of this conversation so once the day comes you have proof that I personally told you to use it if you want to. 😁

Oh no. 😅 Then you should definitely read more comics. I've been reading them since childhood. Mostly french/belgian comics from Hergé/Uderzo/Franquin/Goscinny and the likes. I think the only American comic I enjoyed reading was Garfield/Mickey Mouse/Donald Duck, never understood the extremely dry humor of the peanuts as a kid though. 😂

If you haven't heard about it yet, there is a great book about how comics work by Author Scott Mc Cloud, titled: Understanding comics (the invisble art), it's a great read and is made to be like a comic and explains a lot of the possibilities and techniques one can use in comic books. ^^

I'm not too sure if I'm supposed to say every single letter separately or form words because then I could imagine it to say "Nate ate a pet"? >.> Did I get it right?

I thankfully have tons of ideas/plot lines in my head for how I want the comic to flow and I'm stoked to see them in action when I get to that point. Thank you for the encouragement!

Haha, while I'd like to go back and change it I think the better choice is to leave it be for now and use it as a guideline for what to do next time. But hey, if there ever comes a time where I remaster any of these panels I am going to definitely do that :)

My entertainment as a kid mainly consisted of cartoons, videos games, and a computer. Any reading I did was from normal books opposed to comic books. With my fascination in art, I've always wondered why I never read comics growing up and even now I don't do it often. I need to haha.

I just looked it up and I'm going to hopefully find it at my local bookstore. It's huge, I'd be surprised if they didn't own a copy.

The way the pronunciation is supposed to go is this, "Nate-a-pat". Almost exactly what you have but minus the "ate". If you say it with a quickness, the phrase kind of sounds like "Need a pat"

So like a dog needing a pat, or needing to be petted haha.

I didn't want it to be something obvious, but the resulting "gag" kind of flies over the head because of how convoluted it is :0

Fair enough. ^^

I'd take a guess and say that reading comics certainly helps in regards to making comics. 😋 Maybe more subconciously...but something is almost bound to stick over time. 🙂

It's a fairly old book by now but try and see if you can find it, otherwise I'm sure you'll find it online. :)

oh 😮 I see! Well the extra "8" threw me off the "true path" , else I might have gotten the intended meaning. 😁

I'm going to try to :)

My favorite comic strip of all time on FA has to be Jan's (cartoonwolf) "College Catastrophe". I even have the physical copy, I bought it in Junior High haha.

If I can't find a physical I'll look for copy online. Though I'm hoping I can find a physical one :D

I'm impressed you were able to find out the verbage that quick, it took me much longer than that to even come up with it XD