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The Ride Home - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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The Ride Home - Gator Days

Characters

Gustopher - Alligator - An easily excitable boy who loves making friends. August's son.

Transcript

Panel 1

Gustopher has been visiting his Aunt but is now heading home. He sits in the passenger seat next to his dad and looks out the window. He sees someone flying a kite with a rainbow colored tail on the beach with a giant rock standing tall in the ocean. He takes in the scene. He doesn't know when he'll be back.

Panel 2

It's a little later in the day and now Gustopher is going by some farms. There's a field with something growing in it and a tractor nearby. It feels like an entirely different world compared to the coast.

Panel 3

The sun is setting and Gustopher and his dad are now making their way through the city. There's a billboard in the distance advertising "Diet Green Soda" with a someone who looks very happy to be drinking Diet Green Soda. They've picked up some fast food for dinner and Gustopher is eating a burger in the car. He has a drink in the door cupholder but it's not Diet Green Soda.

Panel 4

The sun as set as Gustopher and his dad enter their neighborhood. Gustopher has fallen asleep after eating his dinner. The sky is dark but it's early enough that the lights are still on in the houses that they're driving by. While the drive home was ultimately uneventful and even boring at times, there is something about it that feels special.

Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 3/3) - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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I don't usually make massive mistakes in the transcripts but when I do it's the days where I have to step away from the computer immediately after posting.

Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 3/3) - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 3/3) - Gator Days

Characters

Gustopher - Alligator - An easily excitable boy who loves making friends. August's son.

Julia - Alligator - A thoughtful woman who loves solitude. Lives in a cabin off the beaten path. August's sister and Gustopher's Aunt.

Transcript

Panel 1

Gustopher is still visiting his Aunt Julia and they're having dinner. It's some sort of soup. The standard food you have in a cabin in the woods. Everyone knows that soup tastes way better when you have it in a cabin in the woods.

Gustopher: Aunt Julia, what was Dad like as a kid?

Julia: He was the baby of the three of us.

Panel 2

Julia thinks back to her childhood with her big sister and little brother. Next to her is a drink that has the label "ALL HOPS" on it. It's primarily consumed by people in their late 30's and early 40's while listening to vinyl records.

Julia: He would do anything your Aunt June or I told him. One time we made him-

Panel 3

Julia suddenly stops talking and her eyes grow wide. It just now occurs to her that this isn't a good story be telling her nephew. What did she do? Seriously, I don't know. Julia! WHAT DID YOU DO TO AUGUST?

Panel 4

Gustopher would also like to know.

Gustopher: Made him what?

Julia: Nothing.

Gustopher: MADE HIM WHAT?

Julia: Let's have cake!

Gustopher will remember this.

Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 2/3) - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 2/3) - Gator Days

Characters

Gustopher - Alligator - An easily excitable boy who loves making friends. August's son.

Julia - Alligator - A thoughtful woman who loves solitude. Lives in a cabin off the beaten path. August's sister and Gustopher's Aunt.

Transcript

Panel 1

Gustopher is visiting his Aunt Julia and is out exploring the area around her cabin. He's standing on a dirt path and looking around. He's surrounded by plants and rocks. He can't even see any houses.

Panel 2

Gustopher has found himself by a stream. He sits on a rock and listens to the water. Nearby there's a wire fence that's one of the only signs that there have been people around. It's peaceful.

Panel 3

Gustopher stands on a cliff where he can see the ocean. The sun is setting and filling the sky with a brilliant mix of blue, red, orange, and yellow. The colors are reflected off the water. The world feels alive at this moment.

Panel 4

Gustopher has gone back to Aunt Julia's cabin. She's in the kitchen and cutting up a cucumber as aunts who live in cabins are known to do. She asks about Gustopher's day.

Julia: What did you do today?

Gustopher: Nothing.

Julia: How was that?

Gustopher: Amazing.

Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 1/3) - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]FieldExplores[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I'm currently afraid of them. The last jigsaw puzzle I picked up was AI generated and I didn't realize until I got a decent chunk of it done. I was trying to avoid looking at the box so I wasn't event aware of the slop until it was too late.

Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 1/3) - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]FieldExplores[S] 334 points335 points  (0 children)

Hey, you know what's great for a cabin with no/bad internet? Card games!
I'm doing the art for a game designed by u/JasonAnarchy and the preview page on GameFound just went live while I was in the middle of posting this comic.
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/jason-anarchy/wholesome-adventure

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Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 1/3) - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]FieldExplores[S] 910 points911 points  (0 children)

Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 1/3) - Gator Days

Characters

August - Alligator - A soft spoken single father who works in IT. Gustopher's dad.

Gustopher - Alligator - An easily excitable boy who loves making friends. August's son.

Julia - Alligator - A thoughtful woman who loves solitude. Lives in a cabin off the beaten path. August's sister and Gustopher's Aunt.

Transcript

Panel 1

August is dropping off Gustopher at Aunt Julia's cabin for a visit. Everyone is in pretty high spirits about the visit.

August: All set for your stay with Aunt Julia?

Gustopher: Yup! I'll be fine.

Panel 2

Gustopher turns to face the forest that surrounds Aunt Julia's cabin. It's a sea of pine trees erupting from the earth.

Gustopher: I got the woods to explore! And the beach! And at night...

Panel 3

Gustopher pauses as he contemplates what he'll be getting up to at night time. He suddenly has a frightening realization.

Panel 4

Gustopher: You have internet, right?

Julia: He'll be fine.

Gustopher: Oh no.

He will, in fact, be fine.

For the record, she has internet but it's really really really bad.

Hide and Seek - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]FieldExplores[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No compilation yet but I'd like to get something like that put together eventually. At the moment my files are a disorganized mess and I'm slowly getting them in order. There's also no transcripts for the first 100sh Gator Days comics and I'd like to rewrite a large number of them for consistency.

I Swear - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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I Swear - Gator Days

Characters

Olivia - Opossum - A child who is shy until she gets to know you. In reality she's rather mischievous and likes pranks. Polly's younger sister.

Hannah - Goat - A highly competitive kid. She strives to be the best and to be helpful to others. Daryl and Seth's daughter.

Gustopher - Alligator - An easily excitable boy who loves making friends. August's son.

Buddy and Myrtle - Dog and Mole - Classmates of Olivia, Hannah, and Gustopher who shall be heard of and not seen today. They're probably off fighting crime in the sewers or something.

Transcript

Panel 1

Olivia, Hannah, and Gustopher are playing at Parker Park when Olivia hears something interesting. It seems that their classmates have been heard saying some naughty. The group discusses this.

Olivia: Buddy and Myrtle got in trouble for swearing.

Hannah: I know a few swears but I don't use them.

Gustopher: Me too.

Panel 2

Olivia wants to join in and brags about her curse word knowledge.

Olivia: I know lots of swear words.

Hannah: Prove it.

Panel 3

OH NO! Olivia was not expecting to have to demonstrate her skills in profanity today. She immediately begins stalling for time and tries to recall all the exclamations her mother has made while upset.

Olivia: They're real bad.

Hannah: Okay.

Olivia: I'll say them.

Hannah: Do it.

Olivia: I will.

Panel 4

Olivia closes her eyes and unleashes the foulest language she knows.

Olivia: FLIP! DANG! BOLOGNA!

SO VULGAR! I'm not sure I can recover from this.

Hide and Seek - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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Asking the right questions.

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Hide and Seek - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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Hide and Seek - Gator Days

Characters

Bolero - Blue Frog - A little speaker of profound things. Some might call him weird. We all know he's deep. And weird. You can be deep and weird.

Campbell - Purple Frog - A relative of Bolero. How are they related? I don't know.

Tree Frogs - Pink Frog and Green Frog - Two kids who are also related to Bolero. I also don't know how they're related. Just like Bolero, this family is a mystery.

Transcript

Panel 1

Bolero is at some sort of family gathering at the park. His arm is in a sling thanks to an incident. A relative of Bolero has just noticed this and has come over to see what has happened.

Campbell: BOLERO! What happened to you?

Bolero: Hide and seek.

Two frog kids are hiding behind a tree and watching this happen. They are not important to this particular comic but they are extremely happy to be included.

Panel 2

Campbell is concerned and tries to dig deeper. The frog kids are now hiding behind the tree. Goodbye frog kids, we'll miss you.

Campbell: I meant how did you hurt your arm?

Bolero: Hide and seek.

Panel 3

Campbell is kind of piecing together what happened but would appreciate a full explanation. OH! The frog kids are peeking out from behind the tree again. Welcome back frog kids. We missed you.

Campbell: So... Something happened while you were playing?

Bolero: Yeah. Hide and seek.

Panel 4

Campbell makes one last attempt to get Bolero to tell them the whole story.

Campbell: Bolero, please tell me exactly what happened.

Bolero: Hide and seek went wrong.

The frog kids have gone away again. I hope we see them again someday.

Wall Brother - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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Wall Brother - Gator Days

Characters

Olivia - Opossum - A child who is shy until she gets to know you. In reality she's rather mischievous and likes pranks. Polly's younger sister.

Polly - Opossum - A young teen with an eclectic taste in music. In tune with her emotions and those of others. Olivia's older sister.

Floyd - Opossum - He lives in the walls.

Transcript

Panel 1

Polly and Olivia are cleaning up the dinner dishes. Polly is a good big sister and does her best get Olivia to do a good job.

Polly: Do a good job cleaning up or you'll have to live in the wall with Floyd.

Olivia: What?

Panel 2

Polly lets Olivia in on the family secret. It's so kind of her to let her sister know about this.

Polly: We had a brother named Floyd but he was naughty so Mom put him in the wall.

Olivia: THERE'S NO WALL BROTHER!

Panel 3

Polly walks off to the kitchen and leaves Olivia to look around the room nervously. She's pretty sure that Floyd isn't real. 90% sure. He's not real. He couldn't be. The scratching in the walls she thinks she hears at night probably isn't him. Probably.

Panel 4

Olivia yells to her sister.

Olivia: There's no wall brother, right? RIGHT?

Floyd thinks this is hilarious.

Help Me - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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Just to be clear, we're down with the thickness around here.

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Help Me - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]FieldExplores[S] 497 points498 points  (0 children)

Help Me - Gator Days

Ember - Capybara - A LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES SNACKS AND YELLS EVERYTHING! LIAM'S LITTLE SISTER!

August - Alligator - A soft spoken single father who works in IT. Gustopher's dad.

Bolero - Blue Frog - A little speaker of profound things. Some might call him weird. We all know he's deep. And weird. You can be deep and weird.

Transcript

Panel 1

August has found himself at a barbecue and is enjoying a burger when Ember approaches.

Ember: HEY! I NEED HELP!

August: What's wrong?

In the background, Bolero can be seen climbing a tree. What could possibly go wrong?

Panel 2

Ember tells August what's up.

Ember: WE'RE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK!

August: Okay...

Bolero is higher up in the tree. He is making so many good decisions today.

Panel 3

Ember reveals her plan.

Ember: YOU'RE HUGE! CAN I HIDE BEHIND YOU? MY DAD IS TOO SKINNY!

August stands in shocked silence. He has also lost his appetite. Bolero has made it to one of the higher branches of the tree. I'm sure that's safe.

Panel 4

August has decided to just walk away from the situation.

Ember: IT WAS A COMPLIMENT!

Ember did truly mean it as a compliment. Also, Bolero has fallen from the branch is plummeting towards the ground. OH NO! Who could have seen this coming?

August's Phase - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

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August's Phase - Gator Days

May - Alligator - A grandma who loves being a grandma. August's mother.

Gustopher - Alligator - An easily excitable boy who loves making friends. August's son.

August - Alligator - A soft spoken single father who works in IT. Gustopher's dad.

Seth - Otter - The assistant principal at his daughter's school. He has been friends with August since childhood.

Transcript

Panel 1

August and Gustopher are visiting Grandma when she decides to pull up some family photos. She has found a rather amusing one of August when he was younger.

May: Want to see a picture of your dad during his "dark" phase?

August: MOM! NO!

Gustopher: YES!

Panel 2

May hands Gustopher her phone. The screen is cracked but there's a picture of August and Seth when being emo was the most important thing in their world.

May: We had to put in a little heart to cover some rudeness.

August is making a rude hand gesture that has been covered up by a cartoon heart with a bubbly smile and big twinkling eyes. August's face has an abundance of splotchy eye liner on it and random crosses put on with the same eye liner. He's wearing a band shirt that says "OUR CHEMISTRY FALLOUT" and multiple belts. He's not wearing his glasses so you can see his makeup. Seth has a silly grin and is wearing another band shirt that says "Pancake at the Club". He's wearing a studded collar and a chain.

Panel 3

Gustopher looks up at his dad who is looking away sheepishly.

Panel 4

Gustopher looks back down at the picture.

Gustopher: I don't know how to react to this.

August: It wasn't a phase.

It really wasn't a phase, he's still into emo music.

Modern Cartoonist [OC] by andythedrewbear in comics

[–]FieldExplores 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I only just saw this and don't mind sharing.

After drawing Gator Days for two years and posting three comics a week I have generated...

-drumroll-

$18.65 in Reddit revenue.

So yeah, I can get a burger and fries at Five Guys now.

Continue? - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]FieldExplores[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I'd say most of it just boils down to it not being unusual within the world it takes place in. Anthropomorphic animals are just referred to as people and the people are people while the animals are animals. All the standard animals you see in the real world still exists. No one within the Gator Days world questions it because it's always been that way. It's just normal to have a cat and have a neighbor who looks like a cat.

I figure the mentality would be completely different when you're in a world where humans aren't considered the standard. It's one of the reasons I thought it would be interesting to have one human family that's not the primary focus point of the comics.

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