About Petunia & Dre
Petunia & Dre is a spin-off of the popular slice of life comic NEUROTICA by Allison Garwood (NEUROTICA, Haikue Ewe) featuring Petunia Insect and her son Dre Insect. The strip follows the ups, downs, and sidewayses (sidewaysen? sidewix? sidewee?) of a transracial mom and son. Petunia and Dre adore each other, but the teenage years are … complicated.
Allison Garwood is a Cartoonist and Beast-Mode Mom in Southern California. Petunia & Dre tells the story of Allison’s relationship with her real life son as they navigate the world and its reaction to their transracial family. Allison hopes the world will accept her invitation to celebrate love in all shapes, colors, and forms. She lives with her son, her husband, and two poorly behaved dogs named Leroy and the Captain.
Kids Fight Back Against COVID-19 With Comics
Children at Pressman Academy in Los Angeles are setting the standard for what it means to give back to the world in a time of great loss while also tapping into their innate creativity. When classes went remote in March 2020, first-grade children in Pressman’s Comic Book Creators’ Club decided to channel all the pent up energy of many days of sitting in front of a screen into creating a comedic story that has recently been released electronically. “Bat-Chef & R.P. Chichi: Corona Fighters!” is a digital comic that is both heartwarming and humorous.