On the Origin of a Valentine

To celebrate Darwin Day and  Valentine’s day, here is the evolution of my valentine’s day card. Remember, it’s survival of the fittest.

 

by Laura Terry

Here is the first sketch I made for my 2012 Valentine card. In years past I’ve been awfully cynical about this chocolate coated holliday. This year despite my single lady status, I am sentimental without irony. The theme I’m going for is big love/ many love. And the way I wanted to go about it was to in some way show the universe full of love . . .

 Holding us in it’s arms.The moon proviedes a frame, a sort of proscenium arch and curtain of night in a theatre of life sort of way. Though I liked the idea, I felt that something was missing in the equation, one layer of information needed to show itself to make the drawing complete. So, I added a surrogate for myself to enfold my homeland and people that I love.
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But don’t worry, with all this sweetness out of my system, I have  a feeling next year I’ll be back to farting cupids and more general snakiness. But for now, happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

More Comics!

For those of y’all who weren’t able to make it to the Small Press Expo, my comic Finding Moby Dick is now available at my Etsy store

 

 

Already I’m in the thrall of a new project. In fact, I am pursuing a new career as professional cat-sitter just so that I have the opportunity to draw them. Now, just tell me that these little bastards don’t make you melt.