![]() ![]() Also, peer pressure is a great motivator. I'm rarely totally satisfied in my comics, but I think I'm headed in a good direction. Though it is encouraging for me to look back and see how some things have improved. The first few comics took far longer to make than I will ever admit and are objectively pretty awful to look at now. I had never done a comic before–other than tracing Calvin and Hobbes as a child–so I had no idea what I was doing. Joshua Barkman: A friend of mine was working for a student-run newspaper and told me they were doing a call for submissions. What inspired you to create the comic and what's kept you going all this time? GoComics: You've been drawing False Knees for just about six years. ![]() ![]() How does Barkman strike just the right balance of realism and absurdism to delight readers? We got in touch to find out. It's a style that stands in brilliant contrast to their personified dialogue, which frequently shows that the critters we share our space with have just as much - and often, as little - on their minds as we do. ![]() Unlike the stars of some of our more anthropomorphic catalog, however, Barkman's beasts are decidedly more scientifically illustrated. The comic's birds, raccoons, and other hybrid country/city creatures are a welcome addition to a site that's already home to a host of cartoon cats and dogs. Canadian cartoonist Joshua Barkman's False Knees came to GoComics earlier this month, bringing a veritable ark of animals along with it. ![]()
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