Jollied

Red car with a red tortoise in it - Green fireplace, green tortoise wearing a Santa hat, green Christmas tree, three green presents - red present for Tortoise - green tortoise in a Santa hat saying "YAY" - red unfolded box containing a mint - Merry Christmas from Tortoise (the first "o" in Tortoise is shaped like a tortoise) and quote "Is this peppermint...or SPEARMINT!?"

Yes, this is just “Merried” with the colors . . . → Read More: Jollied

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare follows Kit Tyler, a young Bajan who immigrated to Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1687. Townspeople became suspicious when she swam in the ocean to rescue a girl’s doll, as the ability to swim was seen as a sign of witchcraft. To top it off, she just had to . . . → Read More: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Repeated

Tortoise looking at a daily calendar that says 11/11 2011 - Tortoise looking at a clock that says 11:11 - Tortoise saying "AH"

Yes, I know Saturday isn’t until tomorrow, but the opportunity to post this at exactly 11:11 AM today was too good to pass up. So I did. (No, this wasn’t here at 11:10…or 11:09…or 11:08, for . . . → Read More: Repeated

Edited

Edited

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Scanned

Scanned

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Sketched

Creation of a Tortoise Comic, Part One: "Sketched" - Tortoise saying "OOH" - In the creation of a Tortoise Comic, the first and most essential step is the initial drawing of the comic. - The Tortoise uses PaperMate Mirado Black Warrior pencils. - Tortoise Comics are drawn on 8.5"x11" xerographic copy paper. It is white and highly generic. - The first version of a comic is the only version of the comic the Tortoise will ever draw, with the exception of "Squashed," "Cloned," "Tortoised," and "Rotated," which were initially drafted. - Did You Notice? Tortoises in Tortoise Comics rarely speak. When they do, they speak only in short interjections and question marks. - Tortoise saying "HUH"

Actually, “Mutated,” “Rolled,” “Punctured,” “Tilted,” “Controlled,” and “Cubed” were also drafted, but I forgot . . . → Read More: Sketched

Cubed

Cube with a tortoise on each face

This was actually one of the first Tortoise Comics I ever created, but it took forever to . . . → Read More: Cubed

Controlled

Tortoise standing - Tortoise being lifted - Tortoise being spun - Tortoise being thrown - Tortoise standing

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Cloned

Tortoise standing - Two tortoises standing face-to-face - Ten tortoises of various shapes and sizes scattered about, the lefternmost three saying "UH" in a speech bubble

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Aged

Car with tortoise in it - Fireplace with crossed-out fire, crossed-out Christmas tree, balloons, three presents, tortoise wearing crossed-out Santa hat - present for Tortoise - tortoise saying "YAY" - Open box with hover-glow-tortoise coming out of it "OOH" - crossed out "MERRY CHRISTMAS from" HAPPY BIRTHDAY to TORTOISE (the first "O" in TORTOISE is shaped like a tortoise) "Is that in human years... or TORTOISE YEARS?"

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