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Character: Boot

Boot has been through a lot, seen a lot and they always keep going. They are kind in ways that are very hard. Sometimes they are surprised and even a little uncomfortable with all the friendship and acceptance they now experience, but they’re getting used to being accepted and quite like it.

  • webcomic, full transcript below

    Sometimes kindness is action (Comic #546)

    Aug 28, 2017

  • Many happy creatures staring at the sun.

    545: Today we stared at the sun

    Aug 21, 2017

  • webcomic, see text below for full transcript

    Because it is kind (Comic #544)

    Aug 13, 2017

  • Boot: They said, you will care less when you get older. speak up less, dream of a fairer world less NOPE I get sore sometimes, frazzled... sometimes there are costs and even I need to rest sometimes. But it's silly to assume I'll grow out of what I steadfastly grow INTO and get better at it's not me "they" are trying to convince.

    How We Change (Comic #539)

    Jul 04, 2017

  • webcomic, see below for full transcript

    On Beauty (Comic #537)

    Jun 19, 2017

  • Boot: Sometimes drawing is so comforting Boot: It makes me want to cry Boot sits in silence. Boot: Safety is like that sometimes.

    507: Boot Reflects on Kindness and the Spaces Made in Art

    Oct 10, 2016

  • when I create webcomic, see below for full details

    When I Create (Comic #503)

    Sep 12, 2016

  • Transcript The Things, Mumma Tankin' Bear, Boot and Sock are sitting on the grass. The sky is a dark blue and Pumpkin Cat is floating in the sky. Astronauts practice, practice for every way things could go wrong, all the options. They work to succeed, failure is death, so they face failure with the brightest minds. They calmly go through scenarios until it's physics and you do what you've prepared for. Calm courage, it's about what you practice and how. Listening to Aunties and Uncles. As we reach for the stars.

    Astronauts, Aunties and Uncles (Comic #501)

    Aug 29, 2016

  • Boot webcomic, see below for full transcript

    A Moment of Vulnerability With Boot (Floss) (Comic #488)

    May 30, 2016

  • The Things, Boot, Bunson Hoppydew, Mayara and Sock all stare up at the sun, which has a little dot on it. Bunson and Mayara are wearing googles. The Things aren't, because they have a soft spot for staring at the sun until they go blind.

    Transit of Mercury (Comic #485)

    May 09, 2016

1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 14
Thing 2: I have a sad Thing 1: Are you looking for solutions or comfort? Thing 2: I would like to be angry, then sad, then comforted, then adventure for solutions, then giggles Thing 1: Let’s start! Thing 2: Raar
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  • 5 Biases Comic Transcript Boot: I’m going to work on my own biases today. Boot sits in silence. Boot sits in silence. Boot: Because if I don’t, who will?

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  • 7 Transformative Plans Comic Transcript Little Liz a smiling cartoon talks to us. Little Liz: Making plans is transformative. Little Liz: Not because half the plans happen… Little Liz: But because I know myself better. Little Liz: So I can respond to life in the most meaningful way.

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  • 8 Nature Comic Transcript Narrator: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Cheetah: Hmmmm, I hurry sometimes, and I don’t get my quarry. Narrator: But overall… Cheetah: Huh? Narrator: Like… statistically Cheetah: I think, statistically, nature doesn’t care about accomplishments. The cheetah chases a gazelle. Cheetah: And that is a different kind of freedom! Philosophy with a small yellow cheetah.

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  • 10 Lifestyle Advice From a Small Pink Bunny Bunson Hoppydew (he’s a little pink bunny who likes dancing, friendship and cake) is sitting in Boot. Familiarity Breeds Bunson hugs boot. Contentment. Bunson closes his eyes with happiness and Sock also rests in Boot.

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