It’s the series finale and Lalah Hathaway drops a bomb on our soul music-loving pug. His charm (and turtleneck) has earned him a potential doghouse in Lalah’s backyard and it looks like APNF has a decision to make: his family and friends or the woman whose voice makes his paws quiver?
This
story arc showed the depth of APNF’s love of music — specifically his love for Lalah *lol* And while the lineage to her father / soul legend,
Donny Hathaway, is undeniable — Lalah continues to pave a remarkable path of her own that spans over two decades. Check out her
music, catch one of her
shows and let her sonic minister to your soul. You can also follow her on
Twitter and tell her how awesome she is
I was blessed to meet Lalah this year and her spirit and smile beams with the same energy as her music. The sound of her voice would immediately silence and soothe (the real) APNF; hence why I made her an integral part of his (online) personality. It has been a real treat to illustrate and write this series around one of my favorite voices. Thanks, Lalah!
Thanks for riding with us this week. We return to our normal schedule on Tuesday.
it looks like APNF has a decision to make: his family and friends or the woman whose voice makes his paws quiver?
One of the many nuggets of wisdom I received while visiting The Webcomic List forums was the power of a story arc. Instead of dropping unrelated punchlines with every episode, a story arc enables you to build a timeline of events that goes beyond the punchline while enabling your readers to get a deeper understanding of your characters.
A Pug Named Fender is a deep dog and I felt he (and his readers) would benefit from a story arc structure. But I also had to tie it into the music he loves so much. One of his main characteristics is his love for Lalah Hathaway, so I decided to explore this in a five (5) episode series that’s going on as we speak. Throughout the course of this week, readers will get a deeper perspective on the coolest pug ever while learning more about Ms. Hathaway’s music and how social media plays a big role in the life of this webcomic.
The primary goal of the storyline is to make you smile and/or laugh while celebrating comical soul in a new and exciting way.
Cheers to you, Lalah and I pray everyone enjoys the arc 
One of the many nuggets of wisdom I received while visiting The Webcomic List forums was the power of a story arc. Instead of dropping unrelated punchlines with every episode, a story arc enables you to build a timeline of events that goes beyond the punchline while enabling your readers to get a deeper understanding of your characters.
A Pug Named Fender is a deep dog and I felt he (and his readers) would benefit from a story arc structure. But I also had to tie it into the music he loves so much. One of his main characteristics is his love for Lalah Hathaway, so I decided to explore this in a five (5) episode series that's going on as we speak. Throughout the course of this week, readers will get a deeper perspective on the coolest pug ever while learning more about Ms. Hathaway's music and how social media plays a big role in the life of this webcomic.
The primary goal of the storyline is to make you smile and/or laugh while celebrating comical soul in a new and exciting way.
Cheers to you,
I’m working on an episode featuring the fierceness of soul songstress, N’Dambi, and it’s kind of a big deal.
I’ve been drawing longer than I can remember — but I do recall that I’ve always been apprehensive about drawing females. . . especially depictions of females I knew. In middle and high school, girls would ask me to draw them and I’d respectfully decline — for fear they would throw my ill-fated creation in my face shouting, “That don’t look like me!”
Thankfully, music sidelined my illustration dreams throughout college and most of my young adulthood. Now that I’ve created APNF, my “graphical gynophobia” has attempted to rear it’s ugly head. I’m facing my fears head on by featuring female artists I admire on my webcomic.
As for the N’Dambi sketch, I “can’t hardly wait” to see how it turns out.
I'm working on an episode featuring the fierceness of soul songstress, N'Dambi, and it's kind of a big deal.
I’m expecting an explosive week, overflowing with positive energy — so we’re going to reflect that energy here by dropping new episodes everyday this week.
This is also partially due to my impatience to drop these episodes burning a hole in my hard drive 
So get ready for a full week of comical soul Monday through Friday. . . just because.
I was blessed to meet Lalah this year and her spirit and smile beams with the same energy as her music. The sound of her voice would immediately silence and soothe (the real) APNF; hence why I made her an integral part of his (online) personality. It has been a real treat to illustrate and write this series around one of my favorite voices. Thanks, Lalah!
