Title: 47 - Number 1 remasterd
"Simon and Freddy" is now 1 year old!
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Here you can see how it started... I think Freddy aged well
Alright ladies and gentlemen
A year ago to the day I posted this comic with a little fox named Freddy and his owner Simon
https://www.housepetscomic.com/forums/v ... 09#p505709
46 comic strips and a year later “Simon and Freddy” can celebrate their first anniversary!
It’s funny to look back… “Simon and Freddy” was already the third version of my webcomic.
Everything started with the idea to make a webcomic. Back then I called it “Forest Friends”. It was a story of two friends, Freddy the fox and Alex the Border Collie.
A lot of characters who appeared later in “Simon and Freddy” were already part of the cast like Beatrice the Australian flying fox and the Squirrel brothers Simon and Sheldon… Yeah, Sammys name was Simon back then
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I never published the comic because I wasn’t really satisfied with the final product… So I decided to restart the comic. It was still called “Forrest Friends” but this time the protagonist was Alex. Freddy was just a side character.
The story was more about finding the right path in life and also had some dramatic and also crazy moments. Here I decided to turn Simon and Sheldon into two maniac power hungry squirrels… and this was also the birth of Simon as a human (because they built a machine who turned Simon into a human… but still evil
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And again I wasn’t satisfied with the whole thing… so I decided to take a third run… and this time with a new name: “Simon and Freddy”. Again with Freddy as protagonist and now also with a human owner: Simon. The evil squirrel turned into a good human
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(and so this was the birth of Sammy)
After I finished some comic strips I finally decided to publish the comic on the world wide web.
On the 25th of August 2013 I posted the very first “Simon and Freddy” comic strip here on the Housepets!-forum. After a while I decided to post the comic also on deviantArt, FurAffinity and Weasyl.
Now after a year I’d like to go back to the beginning… so here’s a remaster of the very first comic strip
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(I think Freddy aged well
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And now I want to thank some people. Without them, there wouldn’t be a Simon & Freddy!
I want to thank
SwedishWolf who build the webpage and did things I didn’t even dare to dream. (release veeeeery soon
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Big Thanks go to
Obbl who has done a fantastic job with editing and counterchecking since the beginning of this comic. Without him you all would have had to deal with my mediocre English.
I also want to thank
Valerio who’s providing the Italian translation of all the comic strips. Mille Grazie mio amico! Also big thanks to
zdflion96 who’s translating “Simon and Freddy” into the Spanish language.
Then I want to thank
Hlaoroo who’s helping me with great background information, co-writing and providing the Australian accent for Beatrice.
And I want to thank
Render. He always has a friendly ear for me and he’s always on the spot to give me good advices. Thank you very much for that, my friend!
And last but not least I want to thank
ALL OF YOU. Really, you guys are great!
I met so many nice people here and so I must say this comic also really enriched myself with so many great experiences and new people I didn’t know before.
Thanks for your suggestions, the nice words, your feedback, your comments, and thank you for your much appreciated support, for reading this comic, for everything!
Without your help, there wouldn’t be a "Simon & Freddy"! You’re awesome, and it’s still a true pleasure to work on this comic. Thank you very much!
Let’s go for another year!!!
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