For the past few months I've been leaving cryptic posts on Facebook and Twitter about drawing cute little birds, especially a particularly cute little yellow bird. Well, I can finally say what the heck all those posts were about – behold, the September cover of Chirp magazine! Yup, I am now the official new cartoonist for the Chirp comic strip, found in Owlkids Chirp magazine.
What an honour! What a thrill! What stress! You see, I've got very big shoes to fill (and no, I'm not talking about Chirp's big red boots). The cartoonist who created Chirp, the adorable and wonderful Bob Kain, has after about 13 years of working on this strip, decided to step away from the yellow bird in order to pursue other creative endeavours.
I must thank Bob and the wonderful editors at Owlkids for having faith in me, and I hope that I can do justice to that cute yellow big-headed fellow. So please, be patient with me – drawing someone else's creation is no easy task, especially when that creation has a really big round head (thank goodness no one else took on drawing Charlie Brown!)
And so now if you hear or read about me kvetching about having lots of little birds bouncing around in my head – you'll know what I'm talking about!
What an amazing honor!! Congratulations! Yay Patricia!
Posted by: Claudia Osmond | August 27, 2010 at 01:33 PM
Congratulations Patricia!
Posted by: Chris | August 27, 2010 at 02:02 PM
Yay! They're lucky to have you.
Posted by: Kerry | August 27, 2010 at 02:08 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Claire | August 27, 2010 at 04:51 PM
Congratulations, Trish. I guess this particular little yellow bird ain't high up in banana tree!
Posted by: Dorothy Kew | August 27, 2010 at 05:08 PM
Congratulations on the new gig, Patricia. You're going to do great! Those birds are adorable!
Posted by: Isabella | August 27, 2010 at 08:08 PM
WOW! What great news!! Huge congrats!
Posted by: Deborah Kerbel | August 28, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Congratulations, Patricia!
Posted by: Boris | August 31, 2010 at 09:40 PM
AWESOME news!!! Congrats! Sounds like a fun gig.
Posted by: jo | September 01, 2010 at 04:48 PM
Our youngest munchkin will be thrilled. An actual connection to an actual creator of one of his favourite characters. What a blessing for you! And, for that matter, for everyone who reads the strip.
Posted by: Carmi | September 04, 2010 at 03:42 PM
Hurray for you! Or should say tweet-tweet chirp for you! You've hit the big leagues for little readers.
Posted by: Sarah Raymond | September 06, 2010 at 08:22 AM
Hey, I missed this! Congratulations, Patricia! What a cool gig! I will be looking for you on and in the mag!
Posted by: Paula | September 08, 2010 at 09:31 AM
Wow congratulations!!! :)
I still need to catch you at one of the TO festivals some time!
Posted by: Joyce | September 12, 2010 at 03:08 PM