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A gag strip about one awning in a rainy town

I’m Anselmo. I draw Under the Awning, a gag strip about eight regulars sheltering from the rain outside a corner shop in Valdivia. I sell the collections, printables and two drawing courses.

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Cartoonist inking a strip at a sloped drawing table by a rainy window

The cast

Eight regulars under one awning, and everything each of them is in

Pick a piece to see what uses it

Doña Elba Runs the corner shop and owns the awning everyone stands under in 5 products.

Pancho A sea lion from the river market who has opinions about fish prices in 4 products. On the stickers

Tito A heron who is sure he is a better fisherman than the fishermen in 5 products. On the print

Rosa Drives the number 3 bus, always four minutes late and never sorry in 2 products.

Mateo Nine years old, with an umbrella that has never once opened in 4 products.

The Professor Retired, explains everything, and is wrong about most of it in 5 products. On the zine

Gato The shop cat, asleep on the newspapers the whole strip long in 3 products.

Lucho The postman, the only person in town who loves the rain in 2 products.

The shop, by who’s in it

Each one names its cast by number. Tap a regular to see their things.

  1. Upright comic collection with animals under a rainy awning

    Under the Awning: Book One

    The first hundred strips, from the first rainy Monday, with notes on each.

    • Doña Elba
    • Pancho
    • Mateo
    • The Professor
    • Gato
  2. Gouache illustration of a flooded street with a rowing boat

    Under the Awning: Book Two

    Strips 101 to 200, with the Christmas week and the great flood.

    • Doña Elba
    • Tito
    • Rosa
    • The Professor
    • Lucho
  3. Sheet of nine owl stickers in different moods

    Pancho Sticker Sheet

    Twelve Pancho stickers to print on sticker paper at home.

    • Pancho
  4. Half-coloured corner shop page with coloured pencils on sage board

    Doña Elba’s Shop Colouring Book

    Twenty pages of the corner shop to colour, with Mateo and the cat.

    • Doña Elba
    • Mateo
    • Gato
  5. Framed heron print on an ochre studio backdrop

    Tito the Heron Print

    The heron on the jetty, as a print-at-home poster up to A3.

    • Tito
  6. Corner shop in the rain with a pinned calendar by the door

    Rainy Year Calendar

    A printable calendar for 2027, one strip and one regular each month.

    • Doña Elba
    • Pancho
    • Tito
    • Rosa
    • Lucho
  7. Small zine, spectacles and a brass globe in a navy still life

    The Professor’s Wrong Facts

    A small zine of the Professor’s best wrong explanations.

    • Mateo
    • The Professor
  8. Hand sketching circles for a cartoon owl on paper

    How I Draw the Cast

    Step-by-step drawings of Pancho, Tito and the Professor, from circles to ink.

    • Pancho
    • Tito
    • The Professor
  9. Split frame of a four-panel strip with the last panel drawn first

    Drawing a Gag Strip

    Six lessons on writing and drawing a four-panel gag, from an idea to inks.

    • Doña Elba
    • Mateo
    • The Professor
  10. Brush tip pulling a thick-to-thin ink line

    Inking With a Brush

    Five lessons on inking comics with one brush and a pot of ink.

    • Tito
    • Gato

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A new strip every Monday, and now and then a post on how I drew it.

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About

About me

I drew cartoons for the local paper for twenty years, one a week, mostly about politicians. When the paper stopped printing, I started a strip about the people I actually know: the woman at the corner shop, the bus driver, the postman, and the sea lion everyone in Valdivia has met at the fish market.

Under the Awning comes out every Monday. I pencil it on Saturday, ink it on Sunday by the window and hang it on a string to dry. The books in the shop collect the first four years, and the courses show how I build a gag in four panels.

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