#Sparrow Applebaum

[leifandthorn]

Needed a background magical-girl character for Leif & Thorn, so I decided to revive this AU Sparrow design.

And give her an upgrade! Her costume's in Dark Mode now.

[canon-lgbt-characters]

Sparrow Applebaum from But I'm A Cat Person is a lesbian !

[erinptah]

Annotated Ask A Character #2 – Miranda

Finishing these up!

The use of the Second Pentacle of Mercury was the “extra reality-bending mojo.”

…and that was enough to get Miranda to Sparrow, but there wasn’t any guarantee she’d be able to get herself back. If she couldn’t teleport at all, Cohen was the failsafe. If she could, a summoning would just add to the power.

Plus, of course, Cohen’s focus in the summoning was unwittingly doubled, with him tuning in to 2 daughters at the same time.

Why do anything to fulfill just one goal, when you can knock out a bunch of goals at once?

Q: I’m still waiting for explanation why instead of summoning Sparrow Miranda went after her.

Miranda: First: one of our theories was that Sparrow had landed in the Being battle-world. In which case a straightforward summoning from the real world would have brought back the Pile Of Dirt Formerly Known As Sparrow. I decided to throw in some extra reality-bending mojo to avoid that. Because I’m a kind and generous person that way.

Second: if Sparrow and Reseda were stuck somewhere dangerous, it was better to get them out of there as soon as possible.

Sparrow (imagined): This is so scary! What’s taking Miranda so long to save me??

Miranda: And Dad had a summoning sigil prepared, while I didn’t.

Bonus! Dad had already used a sigil on me before, so we knew he could do it. Without needing any identifying info on Sparrow in the process.

Cohen (imagined): I summon Sparrow Applebaum, 22 years old, who lives at 24 Summer Street Quincy MA 02169, with Bianca Washington and the Dog . . . hey!

Poe: Also, you were testing something.

Miranda: That too.

Poe: And what did you find out?

Miranda: Eehehehehehee.

(Originally posted here on But I'm A Cat Person.)

[readathousandlives]

\\Root\READ LOG.O—P

—#: Outer Banks

Rafe Cameron — JJ Maybank

John B

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—#: Overwatch

Junkrat — Ramattra

Cole Cassidy

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—#: Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson

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—#: Pitch Perfect

Benji Applebaum

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-#: Pirates of the Caribbean

Jack Sparrow

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—#: Power Rangers

Zack Taylor

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—#: Predator

Yautja

[erinptah]

Happy 10th anniversary to But I’m A Cat Person!

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New exclusive May wallpaper for Patreon supporters!

(Sparrow's there, but cropped/un-memeified in the public posts, because her mask is a #BICP spoiler.)

[erinptah]

...so I'm getting back to work on the But I'm A Cat Person Master's Edition omnibus. Tentatively aiming to launch in February, on the comic's 10th anniversary.

This is a concept for the cover art. Going for a Cool Minimalist design -- each volume would be solid black, with one of these figures on the front. No shading, limited palette of neatly-matching colors. Maybe some text? Or maybe I save the title/author for the spine, and keep the covers totally clear.

The checkerboard texture definitely wouldn't be on the books -- I just thought "solid black" didn't work so well in a wallpaper. Although maybe Patrick's sigil, like in the website background, would make a nice background flourish on the book covers.

Anyway, this sneak preview is also your December wallpaper! Support the comic on Patreon to get the cool high-res versions. So -- what do you think? Any favorite visual combinations you'd want on the Master's Edition covers? (Any totally-different ideas you'd also like to see made into concept art?)

[erinptah]

Draw This Again -- 2011 vs 2020

[erinptah]

I had to go through a lot of really old drawings when putting together the BICP Digital Artbook. Which is always kinda awkward.

But I resisted the urge to make any edits...and only let myself do one redraw, of the first published BICP character bonus art.

[erinptah]

The main cast (and a couple extras) of But I'm A Cat Person, answering the question "what term(s) would you use to describe your sexuality/gender?"

I wanted to showcase how a lot of us have similar identities but call them different things, for different reasons. And your personal preference doesn't invalidate anyone else's. A rainbow is an infinite spectrum. Also -- there's a lot of pressure in certain circles to have your identity completely figured out and precisely defined. The truth is, it's okay to not be sure! You're allowed to talk about the ambiguities. Or, if you don't feel like talking about it, you don't owe anybody an explanation. There's no rule that you have to pick a specific set of flag-printed merch before you're allowed to feel pride.

[erinptah]

Clean updated cover art from But I'm A Cat Person interlude 4 -- the dream sequence with all the Christmas specials.

[erinptah]

This Pride Month, enjoy the cast of But I'm A Cat Person representing some of the classic looks you'll find at real-world Pride parades.

Emma - everyone who decks out in the most flamboyant rainbow gear they can find Bianca - queer POC, bi+ community Sparrow - Dykes on Bikes (...as much as possible when I can't draw a bike) Bennett - LGBTQ Christians Cohen - leather/kink community Camellia - fabulous drag queens Jany - activist teens Dr. Gaillard - trans community, people handing out free beads

[erinptah]

Power flares from the Beings of But I'm A Cat Person -- plus five millennial Masters just trying to make it through work.

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But I’m A Cat Person moodboards: Sparrow Applebaum

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Clean cover art for chapter 22 of But I'm A Cat Person! Complete with switched-up fonts, to take the RENT theme as far as possible.

I couldn't get perfect parallels to all the relationships on the RENT movie cover -- Sparrow and Miranda aren't a couple, Timothy isn't trying to extort a retroactive rent-hike out of Jany -- but the poses fit surprisingly well.

[erinptah]

Happy eighth anniversary to But I'm A Cat Person!

According to gift-card companies, the 8th is the "bronze" or "lace" anniversary. So I put our main (human) characters in thematically-appropriate outfits.