Sunday, August 25, 2019

To Genie

To my fellow Squirrel friends
but mostly to my best friend Genie:

Happy birthday to the inspirational author with her mind full of ideas and characters and stories galore.
I created this for you, full of the characters you created and gave life to. I know your characters stories are something I am looking forward to one day reading and owning and sticking on one my favorite book bookshelves. So happy birthday to you, and to the creative spirit that are your butterfly wings. May they take you to new and emotional heights. To the novels that I can't wait to read.

- Jocey

Saturday, August 24, 2019

JGT turns......

Hello my fellow squirrel friends!

Did you know that JGT turned 10! Seriously! It's been 10 years since the Genie created Jocey squirrel and then turned her two best friends, Genie and Taylor into squirrels who got themselves into all kinds of shenanigans. Fast forward and suddenly we are a webcomic full of complex forest friends (and foes) with arcs and seasons!
We transitioned from a single doodle to story panels to a full fledged comic, in the span of 10 years! And what a ride it has been.
I'm so proud of us, of our little gang and of the friends we haven't met yet. From switching stones to dreams to stories and to little side stories that contain our heart and souls.
We grew up here, in this little comic that we shared with the world.



10 years!
I'm a little out of practice, but this is for my best friend Genie, she created a little something that touched my heart and continues to grow with me to this day. I have pages full of doodles of JGT and lore and dreams. I hope to continue to see this comic grow and grow. Make it past 20 years. See the Season that Genie hints at me about (I refuse to be told, I wanna be like the readers, surprised).

So thank you Genie. I hope you like this little doodle.
And thank you readers, the website may have only been up for less than 10 years, but this story, it has lived and thrived for 10 years. 10 precious years of growing up and coming of age.

- Jocey

P.S. there is one more thing coming, its for a belated birthday of the One and Only Genie