A Chilling Thought

All of our experts agree, clicking to enlarge is the way to go!

(Part 4)

That class that hazes together stayses together.

Next week, the series continues!

 - Nolan P.

Owlful Puns

Give a hoot, Click to Enlarge!

(Part 3)

Written by my past self in '08. Direct all complaints to him.

Next week, more Eddie!
 - Nolan P.

What a Hoot

Should you Click to Enlarge? Yes.

(Part 2)

I've gotten a lot of practice thanks to the daily drawings I've been doing since January - all that work has definitely paid off. This week I've been making an effort to put more time in with drawing and getting stuff done. So far so good - I got this comic finished, rebuilt my buffer for daily drawings (I was barely squeaking by for the last month), and started a Possum Tails Tumblr! If you have a tumblr account and don't want to bother with Facebook or Blogger, I'd recommend following it. For now I'm just airing older comics there, but it'll catch up after a month or so.

I've been making the comics for this series in a "Sunday" fashion with shading and other fanciness, simply because I can. It takes quite a bit longer, but I like how it looks. I've found that listening to podcasts while drawing makes it go by a lot quicker.

The difference between this comic and the original (6/5/11)?

Significant.

Stay tuned - new Eddie comic comin' atcha next Friday!
 - Nolan P.

Ressspect Your Eldersss

To view this week's comic, use the decoder ring found in specially marked boxes of Sugar-Blasted Spasm Flakes! Or click to enlarge.

Here's Big Charlie the Bullsnake, a.k.a. Smelly Chuck.

I feel like writing a little essay about Bullsnakes, so I will.

ANIMAL ESSAY #01 - The Insecure Bullsnake.

Bullsnakes are nonvenomous constrictors native to North America that often wear an expression reminiscent of a teenager being embarrassed by their parents in public. When threatened, they will attempt to mimic a more dangerous species of snake in hopes that people will find them intimidating or edgy.

When they aren't busy living a lie, they pursue their hobby of unhinging their jaws and swallowing anything that fits inside. Usually things like rats and mice, but in some cases they will eat rattlesnakes. Maybe they hope to gain their powers through consumption. And then the other snakes will finally stop making fun of them during lunch!

While they can become accustomed to handling, most Bullsnakes are quite defensive, although they're quick to deny all claims of this.

You can learn more about them on the Wikipedias.

Next week I'll be shooting for a "Sunday" comic.
See you then!
 - Nolan P.

Snakesgiving

I goofed up, no comic this week. Sorry! But at least I drew you something this time. As always, click to enlarge.

And for those not living in Americania and celebrating the magical day of gorging one's self, happy Thursday!

Next week will either be me making up for the lost Sunday this month, or just moving on and making another nature fact, depending on how well I'm doing.

Enjoy your food coma!
- Nolan P.

Tourist Trap

It's the fad that's sweeping the nation - Click to Enlarge!

Next week's comic will be a "Sunday", so don't touch that dial!

- Nolan P.

NOTE: I messed up and accidentally deleted an older post while trying to fix a spelling error in it. I guess I can't undo it or put it back where it was, so I'll just put it here for now.

Misplaced 9-20-13 Post: "Possum Tails Pool Party!"

It's not so hard - just click to enlarge!

I had a lot of fun with this one. This comic made me discover that I had no clue how to draw a Western Painted Turtle, and that Red-Eared Sliders are much prettier (and more green) than Western Painted Turtles. I don't even care a little that I've got some anatomical inaccuracies on Fiona - I love how this comic turned out. I'm especially happy with Rontu's expression. This was one of the few comics where I could sit back and laugh at it after drawing. I guess it's because the humor is in the action instead of the words.

You should look up Red-Eared Sliders. They've got beautiful coloration, and they always have this content little smile on their faces.

Tune in next week for the special Like-Sunday-But-Not-Really edition of Possum Tails!
  - Nolan P.

To Boldly Go Where No Possum Really Should

Picture too small? Like most of life's problems, it can be resolved by clicking to enlarge it!

Broke the usual size format again, but I'm willing to change it up for the sake of the joke.

Hopefully I didn't draw too small - this one really depends on the visual. This isn't a "Sunday" comic, but man it sure felt like it when I was drawing it. Eurgh.

Anyway, hope you enjoy, see you next week!

   - Nolan P.

Chirp

Click = Enlarge
(Larger view here.)

Fridays are the Best Kind of Sundays

Click to enlarge. You know you want to.

(Larger view HERE - Just click it to enlarge.)

Whoah man, I think I worked a solid ten hours on this one. I'm happy that it came out well though. My sleep patterns and schedule are back on track, which is awesome! I plan to make large, shaded "Sunday" comics like this on the last Friday of every month to mix it up a bit.

What do you think of the colored speech balloons? Should I keep doing them for "Sundays", or are they too distracting? If you have the time, let me know if you like 'em or not.

Oh, and possumtails.net links to this blog now, so you don't have to say a bunch of gibberish when someone asks for the URL. No hyphen needed!

Enjoy the Spottitude! I'll see you next Friday.

Hugs and lungfish!
 - Nolan P.

Returning and Remodelling

Sorry about that two years or whatever I went without uploading anything.
If you like seeing cartoon marsupials hit each other, I have good news for you -
I'm bringing back Possum Tails.

After two long years, I have honed my artistic skills. As you can see above, I kind of have a new style. Not only is it a ton more fun for me to draw - it's faster too. This along with the fact that I have gotten much better with a drawing tablet, and drawing in general, means that I can (hopefully) make comics faster and (again, hopefully) more consistently.

While I have several notebooks with comics ripe for the picking and new ideas coming in to my head, I'm going to remake some of the comics I had here before. My old style was so awkward and restrained, I really don't want to leave them as they were. So, after I get that done, I'll start making some completely new ones.

Thanks for all the encouragement and support. Again, I'm really sorry about leaving this behind. From now on, I'm going to try to be more on top of things. Keep an eye out for some redrawn comics coming soon.

Hugs and lungfish, Nolan Parks


(EDIT: Check out that background. I am currently proud of it.)