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So, I've enrolled my son, Tiger (aka Tig-Tig) in Cub Scouts.  We've purchased the handsome little uniform, and he's even earned his first couple of badges.

I'm doing this for him because I never really had a chance to do so, back when I was a kid.... my own father was in the Air Force, and as a result, he was not home very often. Even worse, we moved our household frequently, sometimes 2 or 3 times a year.  So, there was never much time for clubs, sports, or hobbies.

I would like for my son to enjoy these opportunities that I never had.

We participated in our first fundraiser drive during the last few weekends, standing outside a home improvement store and offering bags of flavored popcorn at exorbitant prices.

Tiger's job was to engage the customers, and ask, "Would you like to support Cub Scouts?"  There were a few rude responses, but most folks responded positively.

I was amused to note that Tiger does not have good public social skills... we have a tendency to think that these behaviors are innate, that they don't need to be learned, that we are all born with the ability to engage with total strangers in a professional setting.  Apparently, not so.

Tiger would rather fight invisible zombies (or any one of his other imaginary enemies, such as Bad Robots).  I had to remind him to "stay on task."  Like Calvin (from the newspaper strip, Calvin & Hobbes), Tiger finds his imaginary world more compelling than reality.  He has to brought down to Earth, occasionally.

At first, he would try to shout his sales pitch from our popcorn table toward the folks coming out the door, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT CUB SCOUTS???"  I had to explain to him that he needed to approach these people, and deliver his message in a professional manner.

So, then he would then run to the door, stand in front of it, and block people inside while he delivered his sales line.  "Would you like to support Cub Scouts?"  I had to explain to him that blocking the exit would not win any friends, and was very likely to annoy the potential buyers.

He would then stand at the door, look at his feet, and deliver his sales line to the ground, "Would you like to support Cub Scouts?"  I explained to him that he needed to make eye contact, make people understand that he was addressing them, and make himself approachable this way.  Otherwise, they would breeze on by without stopping.

By the end of the day, we were both doing very well.  Tiger was making eye contact, and making his sales pitch in a friendly, engaging, and professional manner.  I could hardly keep up with the sales at our table.  I was very pleased with him, and with our sales volume.

Tiger is now one of the top sellers in his troop, and popcorn sales has been his only fundraiser so far.

Way to go, Tig-Tig!
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Jeffrey H Wood
Artist | Traditional Art
United States
Cartoonist, Mechanical Design Engineer, Coffee-a-holic, Dad

Current Residence: Northwestern United States
Favourite genre of music: European Pop, Dance, Trance
Favourite style of art: Old school anime
Operating System: Mac OS X, Windows NT, Unix
MP3 player of choice: iTunes
Shell of choice: 120mm armor piercing
Favourite cartoon character: Natsuki from Hyper Police by MEE, Kei and Yuri of the Lovely Angels
Personal Quote: Babies are a lot more work than goldfish
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*Shono Mar 11, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Thanks for the faves!!! [link]

If you like my commissions you can find more info on how to get your own here: [link]

Thanks for the support!
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:iconsteveroman:
Hey, Jeff, thanks for the watch! Good to see you and Snowbuni are still around. :D
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~jhwood9 Dec 28, 2012   Traditional Artist
Hey, Steve! Wow! I haven't seen LoreLei since I was at WSU... and that was, what, almost 15 years ago now? Holy canoli.
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:iconsteveroman:
Hey, Jeff! Yeah, Lorelei's back to corrupt a new generation of comics readers. :D This time it's as an adult graphic novel, with all the cussing and R-rated material you'd expect in a book that has a parental warning slapped on the cover. ;-)

My real focus these days, though, is on my Pandora Zwieback series of young adult novels and comics. [link] But don't worry: I definitely keep my Lori and Pan audiences separate!
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~jhwood9 Dec 29, 2012   Traditional Artist
I've gone the other way with SnowBuni; I'm trying to maintain a PG rating with her adventures. The change occurred during one of my convention events, when I discovered that little girls liked SnowBuni (perhaps for her big-sister "Barbie-doll" appeal). Ever since then, I've been trying to craft comics that even little girls would like.

I don't think I've been completely successful with this, but I'd like to think I'm improving.
=)
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:iconblackhellcat:
Your address again so I send you Christmas treats?

(I am doing your Christmas commission from awhile ago, BTW! :D)
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~jhwood9 Dec 17, 2012   Traditional Artist
Address sent! (via note)

Looking forward to the Christmas commission!
=)
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:iconsgtklark:
Hyper police is MY favorite too!
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~jhwood9 Nov 20, 2012   Traditional Artist
I have the manga books and the anime series of "Hyper Police." I wish there was more of it; it kind of ended abruptly.
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:iconsgtklark:
I, too, have the manga and the anime. And I thought it ended far too soon as well. I know there are some other books by MEE but none quite as charming as HP.
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