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Today we move away from the hedonistic world of gummi bears and into the cuter realm of child-inspired comics. “My birthday is in a submarine” is something my three-year old has been telling me for the past month, and I cannot for the life of me figure out what he’s talking about. I told him his birthday was in August, and he answered, “Yes. August is a submarine.”

Your guess is as good as mine, folks.

Technical note: I tried something different with this one,  though you can’t tell. Normally, after I draw the pencil sketch, I outline everything in black colored pencil. Then I color the image, but a lot of times I have to go over certain parts again with the black pencil*. Since I was in a rush, I decided to color this as a sketch first, and then do the black outlines afterwards. The process worked, but since I threw everything out of order, I forgot to add shading to Ben’s tie. Oh well…

*This isn’t true when I color things in grayscale. Which is why, when I’m really pressed for time, comics end up in fifty shades of gray. Wait. What?

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Andrew Kaye (known in some circles as AK) is the creator of Ben & Winslow and other questionable comics, many of which can be found in his deviantART gallery. He’s also the editor-in-chief of this magazine. Duh?