As an author-illustrator of children's picture books, I, Sean E Avery, often soften my jokes to suit my young audiences. I created my weekly webcomic, Sheep and Cloud, to explore my darker sense of humor for grownups!
Every Sunday morning, I reflect on my journal from the past week and pick out the most significant moment. I make a comic about the moment for fun using my fluffy little characters. Made with love, always.
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Declutter
I get a lot of ideas that don't fit into my kids' books but are still a lot of fun. Generally, the more wholesome, kid-friendly ideas make it into picture books and graphic novels, and the more subversive and cynical stuff gets reserved for Sheep and Cloud.
Doctor's Advice
Chilled Out Gig
When it comes to my comics, I try to pick out the most universal themes in modern life to include in my webcomic to reach as many people as possible. I love making fun of hypocrisy the most, so if I ever identify it or other types of irrationalities in the way we live and love, I try to represent it in the 4 - 6-panel format.
Seasons
Scrolling
José the Stabby Stabby Duck is one of my favorite characters to emerge from the Sheep and Cloud universe. I can't tell you how much I'd love to make a picture book about him, but no self-respecting children's publisher would ever touch it (for good reason). I love bad guys, anti-heroes, and mean-spirited humor.
Easter Bunny
Probelms
I work on Sheep and Cloud every Saturday morning for fun. No one owns them, so I can do whatever I want with those characters; it's a liberating creative feeling. The rest of the week, I teach at a primary school (grade 4 - 6 art teacher) and work on my kids' books. The books I produce for the commercial market are highly edited and subject to the whims of many people, so I don't have as much creative freedom over those as I do over my little webcomic. It's special to me.
More Specific
Flower Bro
I'm the art teacher at the primary school I work at, and my best buddy is Dave, the PE teacher. We both have a black sense of humor, and I always walk away from our conversations laughing with tons of material for Sheep and Cloud. Dave is like my unofficial collaborator on the project.
Stickers
Clenching
Anit-Social
I just don't drink alcohol because it tastes bad, I have no idea what you all see in it.
Spooky Tree
Military Grade
Run
Don't you mean...... a BAAAA-TH?........ I'll excuse myself now-
Poké Go
Pokemon Go started a month of peace, then everything went....very....very downhill...
Sport?
Something New?
Break Productivity
Lactose Intolerance
Socks
Paint And Sip
Ain't No Party Like A Cancelled Party
Dungy
You Care?
Mountain Climbing
Well I'm not going to be the first one to make a joke about orogenous zones