When I came home, my dog Bessie used to greet me at the door, all excited. She would pounce, bark and whine at me in a happy, but complaining sort of way. 

She’d want me to pet her and sit down on the floor so that she could lick my face. If I didn’t sit down, she would get upset, as licking my face when I got home was an essential part of her routine.  

When I was standing up, my face was too far out of reach for her short dachshund legs. 

She would also take advantage of any situation where my face was close to the ground. Whenever I lay down on the floor or exercised, she would swoop in out of nowhere and lick my face. It made exercising so difficult. 

I knew she did a lot of disgusting things with her mouth. Almost every minute, she would lick herself and the floor. 

And occasionally, she would take it to an extreme by raiding the trash, eating other dogs’ poop on the street, and doing many other things I disapprove of. When this happened, I would say, “That’s it. You’re not licking my face for a week or until your mouth gets a good brushing.” 

I let her lick my face even though she did all these disgusting things because that’s the only way she could show how much she loved me. We don’t understand “the bark language,” and the only way dogs can express their love for us is by licking our faces. 

It also feels good when you let your dog lick your face. No one can love you like a dog loves you. Just make sure you disinfect it with good soap, as I did. 

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I remember once I took her leash off and let her explore the ground floor of our building, and her nose caught a whiff of something interesting. Eventually, she discovered a box and got excited. 

While she was looking at them, a cat came out of nowhere and mauled Bessie. Turns out the box housed her kittens. This shocked Bessie, and she shrieked and took off while the mother cat continued to threaten her. I was worried, so I stood in between Bessie and the mother cat to ensure she didn’t harm her further. 

It was an interesting situation. There was Bessie, whose maternal instincts wanted to care for the kittens, there was the mother cat who was ready to do anything to protect them, and of course, I was ready to do anything to protect Bessie (I am a man, but I always felt like I was Bessie’s mother). And I didn’t want to harm the cat because I knew she was doing the right thing, and I respected her for it. Also, I knew this cat and fed her a few times, so she felt calmer when I was there. 

Motherhood is a beautiful thing. Human mothers put up with our shit almost all their lives. Animals usually take care of their babies for a short period, but they do a fantastic job, and many would give up their lives to save their young ones, even though no one taught them to do it. It’s all in their instinct. 

I tried to train Bessie to avoid getting close to baby animals when their mothers were around. But it hardly ever worked. Her maternal instincts were too strong. 

When I used to rescue kittens and puppies, sometimes she’d help me take care of them. 

I initially drew this comic on Mother’s Day last year, but I got distracted and forgot about it. I got some time recently and put it together. Hope you like it!

I wrote and drew these for Mother’s day.

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I drew this comic for Christmas. Check it out below. Hope you enjoy it.

And I hope you have a Merry Christmas too!

If you enjoyed this comic you might also want to ready my poem What Makes Christmas Special?

If you enjoyed this comic, you might also like reading my book ‘Living With Ogres’. You can download it for free, by visiting this page.

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As it’s very close to Halloween, I wanted to work on something related to it. So here’s my comic on what people expect from their Halloween costumes and what really happens. Check it out below…

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If you enjoyed this comic, you might also like reading my book ‘Living With Ogres’. You can download it for free, by visiting this page.

What is your favourite Halloween costume? What do you like to dress as? And who do you plan to go as this year? I would like to hear your thoughts. Please leave your comments below. 

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What are the pros and cons of being a werewolf?

Find out while reading this comic and hope you get a good laugh out of it while doing so. It’s based on an article I wrote a while back called the ‘Pros and Cons of Being a Werewolf.’

If you enjoy reading this comic you might also want to check out my comic Pros and Cons of Being a Vampire.

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If you enjoyed this comic, you might also like reading my book ‘Living With Ogres’. You can download it for free, by visiting this page.

Did you enjoy reading the above webcomic on the pros and cons of being a werewolf? Which one is your favourite? Please leave your comments below. I would like to hear your thoughts.

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This is the second part of the funny comic series ‘Pros and Cons of Being a Vampire’. You can see part one here. Check out part 2 below…

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If you enjoyed this comic, you might also like reading my book ‘Living With Ogres’. You can download it for free, by visiting this page.

Did you enjoy reading the above webcomic on the pros and cons of being a vampire? Which one was your favourite? Please leave your comments below. I would like to hear your thoughts.

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Quite a while ago, I wrote an article called Pros and Cons of Being a Vampire which had a good response. I wanted to see what this would look like in the form of a comic. So I wrote a humorous comic on the Pros and Cons of Being a Vampire. Check out Part 1 below…

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Check out part 2 of the comic by visiting the post Pros and Cons of Being a Vampire – Part 2.

If you enjoyed this comic, you might also like reading my book ‘Living With Ogres’. You can download it for free, by visiting this page.

What do you think about the above comic on the pros and cons of being a vampire? I would like to hear your thoughts. Please leave your comments below.

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A poem for mother’s day

Here’s a poem I wrote for Mother’s Day. I have dedicated this to my mother. Hope all the mothers, all over the world, who have raised some fantastic kids enjoy this poem.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Please share it so that more mothers see it. Also leave your comments below. I would love to hear your thoughts. 

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Have you heard about Jack the Homework Eater? Would you like to learn everything about him?

You can do so by reading the book Jack the Homework Eater which is now available in print.

Here’s the synopsis:-

Alex is scared of dogs. He gets really angry with his parents, when they adopt a British Bulldog called Jack. He tries his best to avoid Jack the Bulldog. But then he learns a secret about Jack. He learns that Jack is no ordinary dog, Jack’s a homework eater. This special ability of Jack to eat homework helps him earn Alex’s affection.

Read the sample chapter….

Before, you could only read it on a digital device like an e-reader or a PC, but now the print version of the book is available on Amazon and anybody can buy and read it. You can buy it by visiting the pages below…

From Amazon USA

From Amazon UK

Learn More…

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