Air Raid Robertson

Author notes

Building a Tree Fort

Air Raid Robertson

on May 19, 2010

This is another installment of Lil' Air Raid Robertson. I do these in between storylines in order to depict my main characters as kids. I usually try to flex my fondness for Bill Watterson and Charles Schultz in these strips.

Building a tree fort seemed like a natural act to depict here. I want to do ground level kid things in these comics and not get too fantastical or outrageous. (Like Lil' Archie or Richie Rich) Just keep things in a vein where it seems like regular kids could do this stuff.

Plus, both Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes did numerous gags involving clubhouses and tree forts.

I tried a different coloring scheme with the coats for Air Raid Robertson and Ridley here. I wanted to have more diversity in their shading, so they have three tones instead of the previous two.