MEMO 696: The Nanny & The Professor 6 #comics, #serial

This week’s edition of THE NANNY & THE PROFESSOR in MEMO (the comic strip). Check out a short ‘behind the scenes’ after this week’s installment.

Sometimes the characters speak and I listen and that’s how this week’s strip came about. I love the weird relationship that Lulu and bobbysherman have and I’m planning on exploring that more in upcoming strips.

Placing this strip under a piece of furniture posed some challenges -

First, in what room is this taking place? I did a diagram of the whole house so I would always know where in it we are, but wasn’t sure where to place this. Eventually, with a little trial and error, I eventually decided on the dining room which is adjacent to the kitchen.

Then I had to create a piece of furniture that was the right height for bobbysherman to fit under and yet still low enough to the ground that Lulu was going to have to crane her neck - the visual of Lulu having to lean over gave me a little giggle so I wanted to keep it if at all possible.

Once I settled on where they were, I needed to know if there was anything in the background that needed to be included for it to feel right - I got to work on the entire corner and, along the way, included the dining room table and the sun streaming in from the window. I liked it so much that I wanted to include it in the strip itself and am presenting it below for you to get a better look at it.

Finally the last challenge was bobbysherman himself - I thought drawing him would be a steep learning curve but I got there a bit quicker than I thought I would. I’m still learning but light years further than I had been… so that’s a good thing! :)

As a side note, the painting on the upper right of the panel has a scene that I grabbed from an edition of MEMO (the comic strip) last year. I include visuals from past strips often and it’s just a fun little thing that I do as it makes the MEMO-verse seem a little bit more cohesive somehow.

Thanks for reading this week’s installment - and see you back in 7 days with the next thrilling episode!