About Herbert | Angela Boyle Comics

Herbert

Herbert is an old, well-loved dog. One day his family returns home and finds that he has passed away while waiting for them. They reminisce about his life to deal with their grief.

Writer: Abram Olson
Artist: Angela Boyle
Page layout: Abram Olson
Printer: Egress Studio Press
Publication Date: July 2011
Format: BW, 11 pages, 8.5 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide, hand-sewn binding

Angela drew this comic over the course of a month. She used sumi ink with Hunt 102 nib pen.

Corgis

The most important character in this story is, as you can guess by the title, Herbert the corgi. Abe and Angela have corgis of their own, but both were still fairly young at the time Herbertwas drawn and Herbert is very old.

Rose

The next most important character in the story is Rose. She and Herbert are pretty good buds. Those bangs are totally based on the ones Angela had in grade school. Huge, thick, cut straight across.

Pencils of Rose	Test ink of Rose
Second test ink of Rose	A happy Rose Angela drew to practice t-shirts.
Slightly sadder Rose	Sassy Rose, though Angela didn't finish her hair

Parents and home

For some reason, Angela was so confident with the mother design, she didn't ink any. The hair, by the way, is a bit based on Angela's mother's hair.

Dad Pencils of the dad, who is a house painter (Abe was a house painter for many years)	Dad Two rejected inks of the dad. Brush and perhaps a nib. It was a while ago now so Angela doesn't remember.
Dad Two rejected inks of the dad. Brush and perhaps a nib. It was a while ago now so Angela doesn't remember.	Dad Chosen inking style, but Abe didn't like the face, so Angela drew more.
Dad There is a check mark next to the selected face/hairline.	Dad Angela didn't know what painter pants look like, so she had to draw up a little map of the painter pants makeup.
Mom Full body sketch in her work outfit.	Mom Sad mother sketch
Mom Quick head sketch	Kitchen The story takes place a lot in the kitchen so Angela drew up this more technical drawing to map it out for reference later.