NUTTY Comics
NUTTY is a comic strip series I created for the campus newspapers "Daily 49er" and "Union Weekly" at California State University of Long Beach. I started it in 2011 and maintained it until my graduation in 2015. It was about mischievous squirrels on campus and I developed story-lines from observation, student-based interviews, and researching current events and trends from pop-culture and media.
This was the very first comic, which debuted around Halloween. So I figured it be fitting to make it about Halloween. It also served as an introduction to my four main reoccurring characters, Bumpy, Blossom, Lucky the Blind Squirrel, and the Pigeon.
Yeah, these squirrels cause trouble.
And these squirrels like to party!
This was the first real interaction between Bumpy and Blossom, and a look at Bumpy's personality.
I created Lucky to represent that having a disability does not mean your quality of life cannot be meaningful. He is lucky in many ways, he enjoys his life and makes the most out of it.
March Madness. I also made it a point to reference sports and the squirrels' poor attempts at recreating them.
The second Spring Break comic, using the fountain at the center of CSULB as the background.
This one was meant to reference the midterms at CSULB.
This was meant to be a warm welcome after returning from a break.
This introduces Ninja squirrel!
This is meant to explain why Bumpy always has a bump on his head.
Some friends of Lucky are concerned for him when they find his stick.
This Halloween strip is centered around pumpkin-carving.
Now this Halloween one has zombies!
This is when I decided to develop the personality of the pigeon...
This is another midterms-themed comic, meant to encourage the readers who are preparing for the midterms.
Another sports comic, this one focused on the Super Bowl! In the case of the squirrels, they once again have no idea what they're doing.
This one was for Mother's Day.
I wanted to establish not only that Bumpy and Blossom are a couple, but also how they met.