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Some of the most interesting moments in life are those times when you wake up in a daze from a strange dream and because it was so vividly real, you find yourself actually asking/wondering... "Did that really happen or did I just dream that?" Needless to say, sometimes there is more to dreams than we may realize.

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You ever have one of those dreams that is going along so nicely, but something weird happens or something changes at the end and you wake up just feeling awkward?!
I think life is about to get a little strange.. uh, stranger, for ol' Rexy boy.... especially if he keeps eating 19 pizzas before going to bed.

No comments on that last comic by the way... ALL TIME LOW!!!
Does nobody like the pigeons?!?

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Can anybody say, "foreshadowing?"
I think we can all say we've felt the effects of eating something a little too late before bedtime!

In other Non-Bunyan related news - Agent Orange makes his first printed appearance in Images comics soon to be released Popgun Volume 4! You can head on over to the site for a sneak peek and you can also pre-order the book if you feel so inclined!

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Our idea of something light to eat before bed and Rex's idea are very different... in price, in content, and in quantity.
Hope everyone had a great October! ...And so begins the decent into the winter months!

Happy Halloween

Aaaand the winner is - Chris Kawagiwa!
Let me tell you though, all you guys and gals didn't make it easy on me!! There was at least 3 others that I really wanted to do! In the end I chose Chris' idea for the utter hilariousness of the eye patch joke! He wins this drawing as well as an additional sketch that I posted on my blog! Congrats Chris and thanks to everyone who put forth their ideas! Be prepared for the next contest soon!
Have a fun and safe Halloween!

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I find that more often than not when we try to impress others we often just end up looking like a fool... or simply feeling like one... especially when it comes to "khooing" the opposite sex!
It pays to just be yourself.

Also - Halloween is soon upon us! Leave a comment and tell me your suggestions of what you'd like to see Rex dress up as. I will choose either the most suggested or most creative idea and do a special Halloween sketch for this weekend and who's ever idea I choose will have the sketch + an additional drawing sent to them in the mail!

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Frank knows very well that kids are like sponges and remember everything you tell them... but it made Rex feel better, and that's what friends are for. The only problem with the saying "ignorance is bliss" is that the ignorance part sooner or later comes back to bite you in the butt!

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Hope everyone has a happy Thankgiving... all you Canadians anyway!
And to all the rest of our friends around the world, celebrating thanksgiving or not, my many thanks for your constant love and support that you show to me and Mr. Bunyan!

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Admit it... we've all had conversations like this at least once in our lives with our friends.
...well, probably not the "I'll eat you" part, but definitely all of the other stuff.

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Most of the time Frank tends to be a pessimist while Rex is the childlike optimist. ...But when it comes to dealing with issues of the opposite sex, Frank tends to tell it like it is, like a realist... while Rex just states the obvious road blocks that his giant one eye only sees.

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You can't keep things like being in love with someone secret for long in a small town... especially when they all seem to be mind readers!

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I can't stress enough, the importance of remaining grateful and humble is prosperous circumstances. We may think it's tough to be poor and have nothing, but I can honestly say I've never met more humble people than those who struggle for everything they have. The problem with the opposite is that pride sneaks in, ever so quietly, and slowly destroys whatever humility there might have been. ...Until of course, we lose all that we have and are again compelled to be humble. Let's hope Frank and Rex won't have those problems!

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I'm starting to see a habit forming of having Rex standing speechless with a blank stare. There's something highly entertaining about being in those moments where you feel your stomach turn and no words seem to come out. I'm a huge fan of awkward situations, and Rex definitely puts himself into those quite often.

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Hey everyone! I just wanted to show my love and thanks to everyone who came out to the Toronto Fan Expo and showed their support to The Anthology Project! We had a really great weekend. Saw some old friends, made new ones, and finally made my digital blog world friends into real life ones! Head on over to my blog to check out some great photos from the Con!
www.rawlsy.blogspot.com

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Yes, that's right... Rex has a love interest... what nerdy giant cyclops doesn't?!

Just a note to everyone, that the TORONTO FAN EXPO is next weekend!! Aug 28-30th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Hooray!
I will be there in the artist alley all day Friday and Saturday with the team from the up coming book, The Anthology Project. So if you're in the area stop on by and say hello - we'll have lots of goodies to give out and some amazing prints for sale!
See you there!

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Pigeons are so smrt.
...and just in case you wanted to watch what they were watching -

Some classic stop motion animation from the movie "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" (1958).
vintage Ray Harryhausen!

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I really wanted to show that there are more than one kind of nerd in this world. Katie is more of a book smart, knowledge sponge kind of nerd... while Rex is the good ol' super hero comic book, video game playing, still buying action figures even when your 40 kind of nerd. I personally fall into the second category, but strive to have qualities of the first.

Consequently, Katie's answer to Mr. Bunyan would have been, "Of course they do!"

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I know Katie is a bit older than kindergarten age, but her attitude and knowledge of life reminded me of a quote I once heard by the author Robert Fulghum. (It's a little long, but I think you'll enjoy it)

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school. These are the things I learned:

• Share everything.
• Play fair.
• Don't hit people.
• Put things back where you found them.
• Clean up your own mess.
• Don't take things that aren't yours.
• Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
• Wash your hands before you eat.
• Flush.
• Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
• Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
• Take a nap every afternoon.
• When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
• Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
• Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
• And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

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I'm sure many of us remember those moments in school where the dreaded, or wonderful, (depending how you looked at it) frog surgery happened in science class. ...or was it biology? I can't remember. I was most likely just sitting in the back drawing pictures of the poor frog in my note book!
Happy Monday everyone!

And remember to toss in your two cents on the "Things you'd like to see Rex do" discussion page on Facebook!

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Happy Monday everyone!
Just in case some of you didn't notice, there is a discussion started on the REX FACEBOOK group so all of you can voice your ideas and thoughts! Check it out and feel free to contribute when you get a chance!

Rex also continues to increase in popularity! - http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/
Have a great week!!

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Sorry for the late in the day posting this Monday... things were a little crazy at home.
Kinda felt like I'd been pooped on!! All's well now though!
And just in case you didn't catch the news on Facebook...

REX IN THE NEWS!!!
I recieved a nice message the other day that the last Rex comic was posted on
http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/
More specifically - http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/?p=221

Atta' boy Rexy.

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No matter where you go or for how long, or how much you fall in love with other parts of the world, somehow home is always home.

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The reality about big cities that Rex doesn't yet understand, isn't that they're built to accommodate for big people, but rather, they are built big to have more room for more little people. Sadly however, some of those little people start to think they are bigger than they really are, through jobs, wealth, or other forms of status. These "big" people then turn around and make the big city bigger, making big prices so the little people stay feeling little and the big people stay feeling big.
It's a big bunch of silliness if you ask me. It's the little things in life that make it big!

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We all have those times in life where change comes and as we take time to reflect on what's going on we often have those "ah ha" moments.
I think these are what is called an Epiphany: [i-pif-uh-nee]
:a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
In Rex's case it's an "oh no" moment.

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"For the guidance of all men in their choices in life, let it be solemnly remembered that it is often easier to find truth, than to accept it." - Richard L. Evans.

"Most people are in favour of progress... it's the changes they don't like." - Unknown.

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Our imaginations are wondrously powerful!! When used wisely and correctly, they can be used to create marvelous things. When left uncontrolled, they can often wander and create unwanted and unuseful thoughts and stresses in our minds. "As a man thinketh, so is he".

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Aside from thinking that material possessions or more money actually bring happiness... which they don't... The shock of having to suddenly become independent and leave the nest might look and feel like a horribly frightening thing, but it has the potential to bring much happiness.... to both the parent and the child!

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We often set ourselves up for our own let downs... then usually blame someone else.

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hyp·o·crite
1 : a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2 : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings

In Greek, it literally means, 'an actor on a stage'. Sadly, a lot of times we tend to become this "actor" when we talk about or criticize people when they aren't around, but to their face we are their "friends". I think if we were all a little less prideful and a bit more honest in our dealings with each other AND ourselves, a lot of our worldly problems would sort themselves out.

Having a friend like Rex around to remind us to be mindful of our thoughts and actions can be quite helpful.

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Oh the joy that comes when the work day is over and we can return to our wonderful homes. Oh the fear when the boss says, "can I talk to you just for a moment." Two thoughts often spring to mind... what did I do wrong now, or, what extra work does he want me to do.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

"No more sacred word exists in secular or holy writ than that of Mother."
- Ezra Taft Benson

We see that Rex has NO fear whatsoever about wearing a pink shirt to show his love for moms! ...It should also be noted that he's 34 years old and still lives at home with his mom.

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I'm sure we've all had days like this.

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Sometimes words just aren't necessary to show a characters personality, or to express how they're feeling.

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Times are getting a little tough for all of us these days. Besides the fact that we shouldn't eat fast food in the first place, all of us will need to be a little bit more conservative with our spending, and start to live within our means. Being prepared for emergencies will help too... I'm sure Rex has a nice large food storage in his mum's basement!

12 - Happy Easter Everyone!

I hope everyone had a happy Easter!
This conversation between Rex and Frank is an indirect way of me saying how I feel about how easily we tend to ignore the real meaning of things and only think about ourselves. I think we all need to be a lot less selfish and prideful and a lot more kind and willing to listen to the hearts of others. Listening is a skill we all need to be better at.
...I also wanted to show how innocent Rex really is. He's just a giant kid at heart. And like many of us, might want to help others but just may not know how. Rex simply resorts to what he knows best... food.

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This is a direct jab at people like myself, who work a 9 to 5 with people who you may not guess are gamers, but at the end of the day when someone suggests a quick round of some first person shooter on the server, they don't think twice about it. We just have to wait until the boss is gone... unless of course the boss is a gamer too.

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There are those moments in life that just seem to add insult to injury. In a lot of those cases, it's the things we do and say to each other, that might seem funny at the time, but may really hurt someone.... and even though Rex is a giant cyclops that could eat a man whole, he still has feelings. Let's learn to control our thoughts, words and actions and let's not be affraid to stand up for what's right in life or in defence of someone else, even though we too might be laughed at.

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New characters... same old Rex.
Poor Rex. I just hate those times when you spill something on your pants... right in the perfect spot so that everyone thinks you wet yourself. How embarrassing.

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It's obvious that giant like Rex would have a difficult time living in this world where everything is made for tiny little people. Driving in little cars, living in little homes with little doorways, little portions of food and drinking water out of tiny little paper cups. You'd have to be so cautious around everything... especially unsturdy water coolers at work.

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I'm sure we've all had moments like this, where we're late for work or for class at school, and our first thoughts are "what am I gonna say?" Usually we make up some lame story, or if we're trying to be an honest and virtuous person we tell the truth. Either way we fear the punishment of our tardiness. Rex of course would tell the truth, even if he was crying while telling it. Frank on the other hand has no problem telling a little white lie.
A wise man named James E. Faust once said in a talk entitled 'Honesty - A Moral Compass',
"When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead. The degree to which each of us tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth depends on our conscience."

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So as I finished this one up, I realized that Rex has now used reference to 'wetting pants' twice in a row. My wife asked if people might find that a bit strange... at first I said "no, I don't think so"... but now I kinda hope people find it strange, because that's what Rex is. She also said that the cops pants may have looked like he wet them because of Rex's giant tears. hahah.

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I'm sure most of us have had this situation happen to us, or at least been in a car when it was pulled over. I find it quite an odd feeling. Kind of like a mixture of regret and resentment. "Dang it, I'm such a dork. Why was I doing that." and "Stinkin Cop, why'd you have to catch me doing that." Either way, you're in the wrong and you got caught and you know it.
And in the end you make a choice... either you're ashamed, avoid eye contact and just get on with it, or you try to make lame excuses for what you were doing wrong. The Humble or the Proud. I tried to portray both sides with Rex and Frank.

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I don't suppose that this image needs much explaining. They're guys... it's what any of us would do if we were late for work. I also thought of some funny things that I could have put on the giant billboard in the backround... but they all would have distracted the eye from the real important action. So I just went with space for rent.
Have a great week!!

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Guys... we always think we have the answer for everything. Truth is... a lot of times we don't really think things through very well.

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Times are tough!
With the impending world wide economic struggles that everyone will be having, vehicles like Hummers, SUVs and huge pick up trucks just don't seem like the smart... or affordable choice anymore. Either public transportation will have to accommodate for giant cyclops', or Rex will be doing a lot more walking.

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Morning routine.
Just another work day morning for two average guys.