This is another excerpt from my new book, Existential Fish.

     Both Charles the toad and the Fish are pets belonging to the character Auggie. I’m not really sure how these two came to be, but I was surprised to find a very similar-looking fish in one of my sketch books from back in 1997. I was unhappy with my housemate back then; (mostly I just wanted to live alone, and his mere presence annoyed me). In order to amuse myself, I drew a couple skits called Housemates, in which the guy’s housemate is an annoying goldfish. The bit with Judge Judy was actually something straight from my 1997 sketch book (which I didn’t even remember until a couple months ago while browsing my old sketch books.)  I think I chose Judge Judy because my housemate back then LOVED watching Judge Judy. I think that was the reason I finally moved out.

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Steve