Hello and Happy New Year Everyone! = I decided to start off my 2010 blog postings with an Illustration Friday post. This week's topic is renewal. I came across this comic I drew for my niece last year and feel it suits the topic. = My niece has this doll that I'm sure must have sounded normal at one point but by the time she got it, it was second hand and the voicebox just wasn't the same. It could only produce moans and slow dialog (we named the doll Creepy Baby) yet Ella (who at age two also called her doll Creepy Baby) didn't seem to mind. When we'd ask her "What does your baby say?" she would respond (as above) "growwohwwhww"... it was too funny and definitely worth a comic. = Anyway, on the subject of renewal, almost one year later, my sister and Greg decide to try replacing Creepy Baby's voicebox batteries and, sure enough, no more demonic groans. = And there you have it. Creepy's sounding as good as new. =