It all started as another wild comic concept. A cat and a dog and an unlikely bond with them.
Ben Hed, the artist, once told Bored Panda: “Pixie is a little kitty, happy and full of energy.” “She is innocent and somewhat ignorant of the serious and dangerous things around her as well.”
On the other hand, Brutus is a tall German shepherd with scars on his face. He was rescued as MWD by Pixie’s owner after retirement (MWD). Brutus is the complete opposite of Pixie, in several ways. He… has seen things. He is a very stern and intimidating military dog, but he has Pixie’s weak spot and does what he can to protect her from the harsh realities of the world around him.
Ben didn’t even plan on turning his adventures into a series, but his fans (and pretty much the entire internet) of him fell so in love with Pixie and Brutus that he thought it would be a sin not to.
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#1 Pixie are you stuck
There is no pandemic where Pixie and Brutus are living, as you can see from these strips. “In any of my comics, I’ve never really included current events,” Ben told Bored Panda. It’s not like it’s a deliberate option, it’s simply not going to happen to me naturally. Perhaps if my comics were all about human beings and less about dogs and cats, then it would be different.
#2 Brutus look what my eyes do when I shine light on them
While we’re on the subject, the coronavirus outbreak also didn’t really impact the artistic work of the artist. I draw comics alone in my own home in a dark space, so I’m pretty much quarantined all day already! “Said he. “In that regard, nothing really changed.”
#3
If you were to open Ben’s Instagram account, you would immediately note that his job is not only about Pixie and Brutus—you would also find fish that go on dates, over-confident fitness trainers that teach people to behave like tigers, and much, much more.
“It’s just something I come up with, actually. Of course, comic books by Pixie and Brutus are not the only comic concepts popping into my head. I sometimes think of a joke or storey that doesn’t really suit P and B, so instead I make it use other recurring characters or even entirely new characters,’ explained Ben.
Fandom for Pixie and Brutus has been growing rapidly (currently Ben has over 2.5 million Instagram followers). Keeping up with demand might put pressure on others, but instead, Hed used it to drive himself: “I worry about the performance of each comic, but before I created Pixie and Brutus, I worried about that too.
#4
The artist told Bored Panda that creating this comic took far longer than absolutely any other he’s posted on Instagram so far. The reasons for this were the amount of work he put in
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Ben Hed, the artist, told Bored Panda once, “Pixie is a tiny, joyful, energetic kitten.” “She’s innocent, and somewhat ignorant of the serious, dangerous things around her, too.”
On the other hand, Brutus is a tall, scar-faced German Shepherd. He was rescued as a MWD by the owner of Pixie after retirement (MWD). Brutus is the very opposite of Pixie, in several respects. He’s… seen things. He’s a very stern and intimidating military dog, but he’s got Pixie’s soft spot, and he does what he can to shield her from the harsh realities of the world around him.
