If you’re into comics, you probably already know Pet Foolery stories that feature the adventurous duo of a tiny energetic kitten, Pixie, and a retired military working dog named Brutus. The chances are, like Bored Panda, you’re a big fan of them!
Created by Ben Hed, Pet Foolery gathered a solid fan base online with 2.5 million followers on Instagram. This allowed Ben to switch from creating comics as a side hobby to working his dream job full time. Today, the artist comes up with new entertaining adventures for Pixie and Brutus all the time, and it seems like the scenarios the furry friends end up in are endless…
Today, we present you with the newest batch of Pet Foolery comics to brighten up your day, and after you’re done, be sure to check out more stories about the internet’s most loved duo in our previous posts here, here and here.
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Ben’s Pet Foolery Instagram page has a whopping audience of 2.5 million followers which is incredible keeping in mind that the artist initially didn’t intend to turn it into a series. Today, Pixie and Brutus have a huge fan base online and Ben has to keep his comic series efficient and engaging as the first day he released the comics.
That doesn’t mean, though, that coming up with fresh ideas for his continuous comic series is easy. “With animal comics about recurring characters and a continuing story (i.e Pixie and Brutus), I find it’s getting harder and harder to come up with new ideas and jokes,” he previously told us in an interview.
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On the other hand, the creator of Pet Foolery is always up to something new and exciting so we reached out to him to see what he’s been busy working on.
“I’m still working on the Pixie and Brutus graphic novel! I’m a lot closer to finishing now, of course. It should be up on a crowdfunding site (probably Kickstarter) in the near future,” Ben told us and added that he’s very excited about it. Make sure to follow Pet Foolery on Instagram to get the new updates on the graphic novel and see sneak peeks into the work in progress!
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When asked whether there are some new characters introduced to the comics, Ben said that he recently introduced a Belgian Malinois character named Dexter. “He and Brutus are developing a sort of friendemy relationship,” he explained.
We also wondered whether characters change with time, and this is what the creator had to say: “The designs are the thing that’s changed the most, but their characters have evolved a bit too.”
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“I’ve never really included current events in any of my comics,” Ben told us some time ago. “It’s not that it’s a conscious decision, it just doesn’t happen naturally for me. Maybe if my comics were more about humans and less about cats and dogs, then it’d be different.”
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When it comes to the adventures of Pixie and Brutus, Ben says that it’s really just whatever he comes up with. “Naturally, Pixie and Brutus comics aren’t the only comic ideas that pop into my head. Sometimes I think of a joke or story that doesn’t really fit with P and B, so I make it using other recurring characters or even completely new characters instead,” Ben explained.
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