More ink – Bob tattoos

bob_tattoosWell, I’m left speechless again.  Super fan Kristopher Torrey got some more Bob the Squirrel ink.  Around this time last year, he got his first Bob the Squirrel tattoo.

This year, he went all in and got TWO MORE!  I was honored and speechless last year, and I’m that now… just multiplied by two.  The Bob on the cloud is one of my all-time favorites… awesome.

We’re all guilty of taking what we have for granted sometimes.  I said it before and I will continue to say it – I will never take the loyalty of my readers for granted. I know I sound like I’m stuck on repeat… but it still amazes me.

No matter what I do, whether the Bob strip continues for another 40 years or it ends tomorrow… I’ll always have Bob with me.  Kris may have him permanently on the outside, but I have him permanently on the inside.  I’ll always be known as the squirrel guy to someone… if that’s all that I’m ever known for, I’d say I did something good.

Kris – pretty soon you’ll have more squirrels on you than a maple tree… 🙂

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11407233_895560313818983_7203809721354606608_n So… super fan Kristopher Torrey finally went and did it.  He took the wonderfully bold step to make Bob the Squirrel a forever piece of himself.  Kris and I have been emailing each other back forth almost from the very beginning of the strip.  He posted this photo of his new ink last night on Facebook and I couldn’t be more honored.

Kris posted this comment to explain more:

As a bit of background behind this. I first came across Bob they squirrel comics on yahoo when I was deployed to Kuwait/Iraq in 2003 while in the Marines. I read Bob comics everyday and it helped keep me all there and helped me deal with some personal issues. I even went as far as drawing Bob on my helmet cover. After I got back I wrote frank and thanked him for creating Bob and how he helped me out. Over the years frank and I developed a friendship. Frank helped me through my first divorce, the loss of my son, and my second divorce. I tried to be there for frank when he needed an ear when times were tough for him. Bob and frank have been a very important part of my life for 12 years and many more to come. To me it was a great honor to make Bob my first tattoo. Though I know the day will come that frank will lay down his pen, Bob will forever be with me and an important part of my life.

An absolute stone cold honor to have a bit of my work on this man’s shoulder.  There are a lot of things I tend to take for granted sometimes… we all do.  It goes without saying that the one thing I never take for granted is the loyalty of my readers.  I consider it a privilege to occupy a little moment of time in someone’s life.  And you never know when that one little bit makes a whole lot of difference.

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