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. 

"Panic!" by POP

Hello there, blogosphere! Pop here.

As I promised to Dev and Ark, I will show them a thing or two about passion. And as many of my fans know, for me that's music.

Hmm... let's see.

These past few days I've been listening to a rock band called Panic! At The Disco. Their sound really reminds me of the carnival scene.

So instead of talking about it, I'll show you some of my favorite Panic! At The Disco songs (so far!)

"Nearly Witches"
-> I think this song's weird. But weird in a really good way. It's almost theatrical too. It starts off sounding like a Christmas carol, and ends like a show tune. As I said...weird.

"Stall Me"
-> I feel like covering this song. That's how much I like it. Well at first I didn't really appreciate it, but when I got to the chorus, I just couldn't get it out of my head. I have got to do a cover of this song.

"Lying is the Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
-> Okay, typing this song's title drained me. Can't say much about it anymore. LOL. It's got a catchy tune. But I still don't get how the title's related to the song...

"The Only Difference"
-> Let's just say I chose to put the shorter title here 'cause it's got a longer one than the song above. Now THIS has a really catchy chorus. It's real fun to sing out loud. :)


Panic! At the Disco has a really cool collection of songs from all three of their albums so far. Personally, I don't like a lot of the songs from their second album "Pretty. Odd." The first and the third ones are great, so I'm looking forward to their upcoming fourth album. :)

"Pop Star!" by DEV and ARK

[And the story continues with Dev and Ark happily discussing their blog's oncoming anniversary.]

ARK: ...come to think of it, Dev, we've been running this blog for almost a year now, and I must say a lot of funny things have happened to us and our human friends.

DEV: Heck, we even made alien friends.

ARK: Yes we did!











DEV: ...and fish friends too.













ARK: Within the year you got yourself two pets.

DEV: And then I found out that Jen totally grew up.

ARK: Yeah, you probably shouldn't have called the cops.

DEV: Well, who the f*ck knew that humans change their appearance every once in a while?

ARK: That's what they call aging. See? We wouldn't have learned that if we did not visit Earth.

DEV: Hey, it was MY IDEA to fall from the Heavens.

ARK: Okay, so I must admit that it was a pleasant idea.

DEV: What else do ya' expect? My ideas are always awesomazing.

ARK: So anyway, brother, did you hear about Jen's friend? The pop star?

DEV: No. What's up?

ARK: Jen said her friend will come visit us today.

DEV: Is this guy famous or something? 'cause I can see 'bout a hundred people outside our window screaming this guy's name.





















ARK: Yes. That is what a pop star is, Dev.

DEV: What the heck's a pop star? Is that some sorta cereal?

ARK: No, brother. It's what humans call a person who creates music and gets famous for it.

DEV: Psssh. I can sing better than anyone. Why don't I get to have hundreds of screaming fans adore me?

ARK: I do not know. But trust me, Dev, I bet that kind of life is just stressful.

DEV: Who the heck cares? As long as I'm famous, no one can stress me out!

ARK: Actually, it's the opposite of what you're thinking...

JEN: Hey guys! Pop is here!















DEV: His name is Pop? And he's a POP star? Okay, so THAT's why I don't have fans like him. My name's frickin' Dev, not Pop.

ARK: It has nothing to do with the name. I would bet the man's very talented and hardworking.

JEN: You'll bet he is. Max helped me cloak him with his invisibility ray, so the fans won't kill us with excitement. And now here he is, Pop!

POP: Hey Dev! Hey Ark!

ARK: Hello.

DEV: Yeah, hi.

POP: Jen told me a lot about you two, and I must say you're very interesting. I'm a fan of your blog.

DEV: Well, we are pretty cool.

ARK: It's an honor that you read our blog, Mr. Pop.

POP: Please, call me Pop.

JEN: He's here on a vacation. He's staying here for a while so he could get away from it all.

POP: Yeah, Jen's right. I do need a bit of rest.

ARK: (to DEV) I told you, the glamorous life isn't what it is cut out to be.

DEV: Don't care. Not listening. So Pop, you said you read our blog.

POP: Yes. You guys are hilarious.

ARK: Actually my posts are rather serious...

DEV: So anyway, can you like teach us how to get famous like you? I wanna benefit from your visit. Before you leave this household, you must teach us the secrets of fame!

JEN: Don't hostage our guest!

POP: No, no. It's alright Jen. I get where he's coming from. So Dev, instead of showing you how to get famous, why not let me show you what made me famous? I'll tell you what it is right now: MUSIC. Music's my life. It's my passion. I got famous, only 'cause I loved what I was doing.

DEV: Yeah...so can we get to the part where you tell us the secrets of fame?

ARK: No, Pop. It's alright. Do tell us more about your passion.

POP: Alright, then. Will you guys let me post on your blog too?















ARK: Sure.

POP: I'll be posting stuff about music in general, and what I love about it. Hopefully, so it rubs off to you guys.

DEV: And will that make me famous?

POP: Depends on how you work for it. I mean, if music's not your thing, it won't work. Go find your passion and fulfill it.

DEV: Meh...

ARK: Thank you so much Pop! I bet you'll enjoy your stay here.

JEN: Yey! More people!

Current number of people in Jen's house: 7.