{"id":1881,"date":"2015-09-02T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francisbonnet.com\/archive\/sft\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2015-09-01T21:54:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T01:54:42","slug":"its-all-about-the-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francisbonnet.com\/archive\/sft\/its-all-about-the-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s All About the Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"04WUSMNh_400x400\"<\/a>Longtime readers of Suburban Fairy Tales<\/em> may have noticed how the strip has changed to be more pig-centric in recent months.\u00a0 While there was never an official announcement or storyline that acknowledged this change, the fact is that Suburban Fairy Tales<\/em>\u00a0has become a different strip.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0change\u00a0in Suburban Fairy Tales<\/em> happened around January of this year.\u00a0I wanted to intentionally change things up after shopping the series around to different editors and listening to their comments. \u00a0While most editors loved the humor and writing, the one consistent comment between them was that the cast was too big — and after reading through my samples, I realized that they were right. The cast of Suburban Fairy Tales<\/em> had grown\u00a0exponentially since its debut in 2005, and this ever-increasing number\u00a0could make it difficult for some readers to connect. \u00a0I decided I needed to do something about that.<\/p>\n

I thought long and hard about which characters were important to the series; which ones were not only fun to draw, but were likable, funny, and would bring about the most interesting and humorous stories. \u00a0The brotherly relationship between the Three Little Pigs felt the strongest, so I made them the new stars of\u00a0Suburban Fairy Tales<\/em>. \u00a0Red Riding Hood, Wolf, and sometimes Rumpelstiltskin help to round out the supporting cast. \u00a0Looking back at the last 7-8 months of Suburban Fairy Tales<\/em>, I feel that the strip has never been stronger, and I’ve never had more fun doing it.<\/p>\n

So what happened to the\u00a0other characters like\u00a0Pinocchio, Frog Prince, Rapunzel, and Goldilocks? While they are no\u00a0longer in the spotlight, I like to think they are in the background somewhere, living their lives in the Suburban Fairy Tales<\/em> world. \u00a0And who knows…\u00a0I wouldn’t be surprised if occasionally one of them made a guest appearance in a future\u00a0strip\u00a0or story some day. \u00a0But for now, it’s all about the Pigs.<\/p>\n

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