By two Vietnamese adoptees, Bert Ballard & Jessica Emmett.
Welcome to Adopted the Comic. This short project ran from 2009-2013 and has now come to an end as Bert & Jess turn towards other projects. By popular demand, the website and Facebook page will be left up as a resource and platform for comments, but it will have very minimal activity from us. Comics can still be linked or used (more info HERE). Bert & Jess would like to thank everyone for the amazing support they had throughout the project. See our final post HERE. Jess continues to do adoption comics now and then on her new comic Stray Thoughts Comics HERE.
It’s got to that time of year and here is our festive holiday comic =). While not inspired by, it reminds me of one of my favorite xmas films Nightmare Before Christmas =).
As a little extra we have we have made available a ecard (for personal use) friendly image great for email. It’s not everyday you’ll find an adoption themed card, i know i’ve looked =P. Click [HERE] to go to the image link.
As another little present I made live drawing video where you can see from start to finish how I drew this comic – original at Youtube: youtu.be/kBlVSYaYnGk
We’re staying with some of the humor on research with this one, although it’s a bit more personal for me. Here we’re looking at adjustments to climate instead of culture. I’ve often wondered if we Asian adoptees really fare that well in cold weather, but no one’s done a study on it. :-) Having lived in Colorado and Canada for most of my life, I can say, I personally don’t like the snow and cold.
So, I’m interested to see what it’s going to be like when I move to Malibu, California! Yes, you heard it, I’m moving to Malibu! I’ve accepted a position with Pepperdine University and me and the fam are moving over the next few weeks! We’re very excited for the next adventure.
I think I’ll adjust well – it should be warmer, much better on my Asian body! I’ll keep you all posted on how it goes!
