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Comic Breakdown #1: Grandma!

Comic Breakdown #1: Grandma!

The thought process and making of one of my most viral comics.

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Nate Fakes
Feb 13, 2025
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In 2012, my syndicated comic, Break of Day, was starting to emerge into the mainstream. First, it was self-published in the Tampa Bay Times and then digitally syndicated on GoComics—quite a difference from just being in the college newspaper years earlier.

Like today, I was obsessed with creating inanimate objects that did adult things, such as communica…

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