44 New Comics By The Artist Who Created Pixie And Brutus

We love Pet Foolery here at Bored Panda. We have featured the series—which is created by Minnesota illustrator Ben Hed—many times before, laughing along with his imaginings of animals flirting like humans, the age-old 'cat vs dog' debate, and not forgetting his wildly popular comic duo, Pixie and Brutus.

Ben's self-described “goofy little comics” feature various types of animals including anteaters, badgers, and tigers. But it is cats and dogs, those that we mostly gravitate toward as pets, that are the main stars of the series. Ben himself has 3 dogs and 2 cats, so he has plenty of material to work with!

Pet Foolery's Instagram page is hugely popular, with the success of Pixie and Brutus, in particular, pushing it up towards 2 million followers. We love comics and we love animals, it all makes perfect sense really, doesn't it? Scroll down below to check out some of our favorite Pet Fooleries below, and don't forget to check here, here, and here for all the Pixie and Brutus you can shake a stick at. Enjoy!

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In previous interviews with Bored Panda, Ben of Pet Foolery told us about how his extremely successful Pixie and Brutus comics came into being and also cast some light on his creative process.

“Pixie is a tiny, joyful, energetic kitten. She’s innocent, and also somewhat oblivious to the serious, dangerous stuff around her,” Ben told Bored Panda. While Brutus is a scarred German Shepherd.

“He was adopted by Pixie’s owner after retiring as a Military Working Dog (MWD). Brutus, in many ways, is the exact opposite of Pixie. He’s… Seen things. He’s a very serious and intimidating military dog, but he has a soft spot for Pixie and does what he can to protect her from the harsh realities of the world around them.”

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The artist said that the idea to draw comics about Pixie and Brutus came to him randomly. “Honestly, Pixie and Brutus were just another random comic idea I had while at work. I was never planning on making them a series; I just thought it would be a funny idea to introduce a cute little kitten to a big intimidating war dog. So I made the first Pixie and Brutus cute animal comic and people liked it so much, I just kept making them.”

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“I do worry about each comic’s performance, but I worried about that before I created Pixie and Brutus too,” Ben told us. Fortunately, he gets lots of feedback from fans of his art. “What they liked about the comic, what they thought was going to happen, ideas for future comics, ideas for new characters. There are probably a couple of funny comics in my feed that are entirely inspired by a comment on one of my posts.”

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He also said that the comics have evolved over time: “Their designs are a bit different from the first P and B comic, and I guess Brutus has gotten gradually less hostile towards other characters as of late, but other than that. It’s pretty much the same.”

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“I thought it would be cool to have them adapted into a TV show, but that’s long term. Probably won’t even ever happen… but maybe.” Well, we certainly hope that Ben’s comics eventually become animated!

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Hidden roof terrace added to North London townhouse

A hidden roof terrace and minimal wood-lined interiors are among the features that O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects and Cathie Curran have added in an overhaul of this north London house.

Aptly named North London House, the renovation and extension added an attic bedroom, a ground floor studio flat and a private terrace connected to the kitchen and dining room on the first floor, to the home.

It was designed by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects and Curran to provide the client, a family with a young son, with plenty of space to entertain guests, while also meeting their changing needs over time.

"As with many London houses, the primary brief requirement was to maximise the floor area," said Curran and Amalia Skoufoglou, co-founder of O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects.

"The client brief included a studio which could be used by a guest or family member as part of the household or let as a fully independent unit," the pair told Dezeen. "Futureproofing was a key concern – the studio may equally be required for use by a carer or an elderly person unable to manage stairs."

In total, O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects and Curran's intervention has given the four-storey North London House with an extra 26-square-metres of internal space.

These spaces are unified by their light and pared-back finishes that the team has designed to "complement the architectural intent".

"In this instance the palette was condensed in order to reduce surface disruption and maximise the feeling of space in the new elements," explained Curran and Skoufoglou.

North London House's new rear extension, which contains the studio, is slotted into the plot where the home's high-walled garden once was positioned.

As this blocked the existing ground floor windows, the team punctured the extension with a light-brick courtyard on one side that mean natural light can still enter.

Inside, the studio is lined with white-painted masonry and flush plywood cabinets. These bright finishes are designed to help maximise light inside, which enters through a strip skylight on one side.

To replace the garden that was lost to the rear extension, an 18-square-metre roof terrace is positioned on top of the studio.

O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects and Curran has lined this terrace with a series of solid-ash posts that support opaque glazing in order to retain privacy from the windows of the neighbouring houses.

The terrace is accessed by home's new kitchen and dining room, which O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects and Curran relocated to the first floor to sit in line with the outdoor space.

Forming the heart of the renovation, this layout is designed to maximise space to host as "entertaining friends and family was another major consideration" in the client brief.

The finishes in the kitchen and dining room are bolder than the rest of the house, fitted with a mix of materials like marble and brass, as well as furniture pieces including a walnut table by Pinch.

Its focal point is a dark, handmade and hand-stained kitchen unit that is positioned next to the door to the terrace.

At roof level, the house has a new loft bedroom with an adjoining shower-room. This is designed specifically for the client's child to meet his needs as he grows older.

Here, plywood is used as the single material for the walls, ceiling and floor, concealing flush plywood storage spaces that include a pull-down bed, and broken only by a large dormer window.

O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects is a London architecture studio founded in 2016 by Jody O’Sullivan and Amalia Skoufoglou.

Other projects by the firm include the interior design of the RÖ Skin shop in Lincolnshire and an extension of a typical terraced home in northwest London with a new timber-lined room that opens onto a brick-paved garden.

Photography is by Ståle Eriksen.

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This Woman Hasn’t Cut Her Hair In Almost 30 Years And Some People Are Calling Her A Real-Life Rapunzel

Don’t you sometimes dream about simply shaving your head completely bald? Just think about it – no more bad hair days, no more hair clogging your shower drain, and no more expensive haircuts. Also, just think about how much money you’d save without having to buy shampoo! And while it may sound like a dream for you and me, it probably sounds like a nightmare for Ukrainian woman Alena Kravchenko who has been growing out her hair since she was five years old.

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The 34-year-old woman hasn’t cut her hair for almost thirty years and some people even began calling her the real-life Rapunzel.

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In a recent interview with Bored Panda, the woman said her mother instilled a love for long hair in her at an early age.

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Alena’s hair actually outgrew her own height but the woman isn’t planning on shortening it.

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“My love for my braid is so strong that for a second in my whole life I did not think about a haircut,” said the woman. “I can not see and cannot imagine myself with short hair or dyed in a different color!”

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It takes time and dedication to take care of hair this long but Alena is up for the task and even says it’s no chore for her.

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“It’s not hard for me with my hair, nor the constant care of them, it’s all a joy because this is part of me — my beauty and wealth!” says Alena.

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Alena only allows her hair to dry naturally and uses products to make it soft and shiny.

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“The main thing that I never do: I don’t dry my hair with a hairdryer, I don’t use curling irons, I don’t comb my wet hair (they dry naturally), it’s all taboo. I wash my hair once a week, use natural masks, various types of oils to nourish my hair; the main care is professional cosmetics. I definitely use dried fruits, nuts, and homemade cottage cheese,” revealed the woman.

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“In order to have long and beautiful hair, you just need to really want and love what you do,” says the woman.

People had a lot to say about Alena’s majestic hair

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