Things You Didn't Know: "DEV and ARK"

Today, we celebrate an entire year of Dev and Ark. And so, as the genius cat who knows everything in this world, I present to you the trivial facts you never knew about Dev, Ark and the Guests.

1. Dev and Ark was conceptualized during one "creatively-fueled night." Kent Michael Hansen felt the urge to do something new, and ended up creating a comic strip called Dev and Ark. Eventually, he decided to make it a blog instead.

2. Ark was originally planned to be a drunk, lonely angel who had a pessimistic view of the world. Dev was supposed to be a businessman (which explains the bow tie). And yes, only Dev was supposed to have the bow tie.

3. Cat Pig was a colorless sketch Kent Michael Hansen made when he was in high school. He found it cute, saved it, only to scan and recreate it into Cat Pig years later. That was my origin, ladies and gentlemen.

4. Jen's new look was mostly designed by the real Jen, which is Kent Michael Hansen's real world sister, Denise Mikaela Hansen.

5. As for the dog...Kent Michael Hansen drew that monstrosity when he reached college. Notice how our creator's artistic skills went down significantly over the years.

(Fig.1 (top left) amazingly drawn image of cat; (bottom right) not so amazingly drawn image of another animal I could not recognize but is considered a "dog".)

6. Kent Michael Hansen is nicknamed by his real world friends as "Shark." This explains the concept behind Ark's friend, Fin.

(oh. really?)

7. The short stories "Little Turtle" by ARK and "Little Canary" by ARK have several symbolism. Read them again and see if you can figure it out.

(fool! I said Canary, not Penguin. Know your animals.)

8. None of the characters in Dev and Ark have numerical ages.