Jim Benton, a.k.a. creator of the hilariously blunt It’s Happy Bunny, recently pointed me to the latest piece he’d posted to Twitter.
There’s not much more to say other than the look on the father’s face in the last panel just made my day.
Oh, who am I kidding? The whole thing made my day.
It brings me back to a session he hosted at a recent KidScreen Summit in which he was creating stories and drawing on the spot based on audience suggestion — improv, if you will. Robot was the first suggestion, and he asked if it should be a boy or girl.
The robot ended up being both, split right down the middle: the female half sported a single high heel and carried a purse on one arm.
“Normally I’d ask for a conflict at this point,” Jim had said. “But I’d say in this case we already have one.”
What did he name the robot? Hermy, of course.
