One of the things I like to do when asked to draw in someone’s sketchbook at a convention is find a drawing in the book by another cartoonist and add to it.  Here’s one from a few years back… Chris Ware had drawn only the head of his character, so I added a body and some scenery.

I did two different versions of the May 21, 2009 strip.  The first version can be found in Bonus Elfs (this is the subscriber only subsection of American Elf, where I post extra strips on the days that I do two.)  The second version can be found here.  I really don’t know which version is best.  I thought the first version sucked, so I did the second, but now I think the first version might be better.  The first version’s similarity to this other strip is what made me think it sucked*.

*(No offense to the other strip intended.)