Do you have wholesome parent-child moments in your comics?

[AmazementComics]

I mean sure. There are a couple of wholesome parent-child moments in my comics. Especially with The Action Fruit Society and their banana master. I'm not always a fan of the idea that someone's parental figures have to "die" or that someone grew up without a mother or father.

This scene from an episode of Amazement Originals details Awkward Prowler's superhero origins growing up with divorced parents and being raised by his dad:

[Lucca_Vendramel]

Man that tugged on some heartstrings. Very heartfelt!

[allenT]

This is a wonderful thread. I will add my part soon in near future. (providing my story progress)

[Freemints30]

Hasn't shown up yet in my comic proper but I plan for alot in the second volume onward. Since the first volume is just focusing on the child MCs and their own stuff first.

Hila: Lives with an overty cautious and protective single mother and baby brother. She's very used to Hila's smug mouth and would snark at her back.

Adam: Lives with his grandmother, who pretty much fusses over, coddle him and tells him tips to be more assertive even while she herself is pretty frail and Adam is eventually the one to takes care of her.

Axelle: Is temporary staying with her uncle. Who isn't a child person, but gradually becomes more of a parental figure. Dispite initially being very off hand when it comes to her.(ie eh she can take care of herself)

I can't really post some pics I drew ore say anymore cus they are very spoiler but

[Kann]

The first moment I think about when asked about parent-child wholesome moments. Yuuna had some traumatic things happen to her, but does her best to be a good parent to all her kids.

Aoihito | Tapas

[ar-ninetysix]

I mean, the story's about two siblings reconnecting through their jobs as glorified demon hunters in the police force, there's hardly any room left to explore their relationship with their parents in the time I've allowed myself for the short comic.

So... nope. All the parent-child dynamics end up bad or bittersweet for reasons entirely out their control. There was one that could've been considered okay, but the parent was already one of the lesser side characters who needed to fulfill a specific purpose in such a short amount of time.. Her kid really wasn't necessary in the slightest by the time I revised my original drafts, so I got rid of him.

I have an idea for a scene that would work as an epilogue, but it's more bittersweet than it is wholesome as umm... Their father's comatose. They regularly take the time to see him and make that like a family get-together, talk to him about their lives.. That's kinda how I wanna end it. The two kids looked up to their dad enough to take up the same job and pay the hospital bills with it.. And there they are, spending time with him directly. It's not exactly wholesome, but it's the best positive note I could end on that respects the fact that not everything goes the way you'd think it would

[AilyneGouveia]

This is heartwarming <3

I have a few i made as extras. In the comic itself i haven't the opportunity for now, but it might happen one day :3

Oh and this one, it's not canon, but the idea is there (It's a older piece now)

Edit : I forogt this pannel ! Guess even if the context is sad it is a father son moment

[DavidPerry]

While Mallory's parents are both dead, they're at the center of the plot of the story, and she's been raised by her grandfather, Odran. So she's not without guardianship, and it's her headstrong adventurousness and need for answers that drives her on her journey to bust open the secrets surrounding her parents' deaths--and whatever the "Dreaming Tree" is that her mother wrote about in a poem to her father.

I don't have any major images of them just yet because they haven't appeared much in the comic--being dead and all--but I've shown them in photographs in the comic.

[Bree_Mana]

Admittedy the father in my comic Orion gets more screen time than The mom Opal. Ironically Both of THEM have absentee parents (meaning for the kids they have no grandparents). My story has 8 adopted kids so you could also say most of them don't have 'present' birth parents. But the adoptive mom & dad are very much present

Heres a few parent-child moments from TLC from various chapters! (spoilers ahead lol)

(This is 3 sucessive pages and is from a couple years ago so the art and wording is ehhh)

Heres a link to the comic if any of that interests you! this comic is all about this weird lil family!\

TLC | Tapas

[Legendofgenii]

I really like this thread.

My daughter (4) watches Disney's Onward a lot just because she loves the Mum so much.

My MC's (Genii) parents died when he was a baby, but they do feature throughout the story and pay/paid an important role in the plot.

He has Gemma who raised him single handedly, which I think I need to emphasise a bit more in my comic actually.

More recently he has Erras, a knight and his father's best friend. It's early days in their relationship, but Gen's totally going to slip up and call him 'Dad' at some point.

There's another mentor in my story too, buuuuuut he's far from wholesome.

Genii Legend of the God Stones | Tapas

[Carossmo]

Does aunt and niece bonding count?

Though there is a brief mom and daughter moment here that influences the reactions of the 2 main characters

[spiceprincess]

My main character Nealani has a lot of sweet moments with her mother. The first chapters of my story deals with Nea's experience of her people's coming of age ritual and she confides in her mother a great deal. Granted, being 111 years old is far from being a "young protagonist", and to humans she is probably quite wise and seems stoic... but to her own people, she is sort of like how we'd see an 18 year old haha

[CttMaurice]

Sadly no, not yet for mine. But the entire story is based around an assassin who adopted a little mage girl. So I will %100 have adorable moments in the story later on. Just have to get them together and so far its frustrating even for myself having to wait for that moment.

[irene_addler]

Funnily, both of my MCs have absent parents, however in my story they do still have adoptive parents. Mercy is officially adopted over the course of the story, whereas Lee never lets them adopt him, but it's generally acknowledged that they're the only parent-like figures he's had in his life since he was a young child. And we get sweet (well, I think they're sweet!) moments with the adoptive parents, particularly with Mercy.

[ryoko]

One of the most important parental figures in the lives of my characters is the MC's adoptive father. He already was an older single father with a child of his own when he took on the challenge of raising two young daughters as well as researching the reason behind his adoptive daughters powers. He's very important as the beginning of his daughter's journey is in fact to find him. Although he doesn't make his appearance until chapter 5, his influence to the story overall is very important.

One of the other extremely important and non-conventional parenting would be Maltor raising his little sister after the rest of their family dies. He takes on the double duty of brother and father and plays a huge influential role in Tarow's upbringing. They both become two of the main characters after chapter 4.

The mothers of the characters also play a crucial role in how each of the main characters develop throughout the story. Each of them have their own arcs and help the reader understand why the MCs are who they are. Several of them, though, are no longer alive.

[allenT]

Been looking forward to post on this thread and now i have some father-son interaction on main story!

My cat boy evading his papa's loving hug.

There will be better interaction later on, just you wait!

[carloswebcomic]

My main character is a demon that was adopted.
Her relationship with her mum is integral to the comic.

[DanielRKM]

That's a really good point.

It's tough. Family is such a strong theme in my comic, but so is found family. There are a lot of characters that have either lost family members or picked some up along the way (and the emotional consequences of that are constantly explored). Although some families tragically break apart in my story, their impact is huge and their presence looms large throughout.

I try to give the little moments between family members their due but I've also dealt with some big losses early in my own life and that definitely shows through in this story. Writing a story in which the protagonist has to come to grips with loss (or sometimes failing to come to grips with it) has become an essential theme in my comic (but I do look forward to showing more parent/child dynamics as well). And this post is a good reminder to bring those moments more to the forefront.

Because, yeah, the moments I love writing the most are those wholesome moments between a parent and a child. When I printed my first issue, I dedicated a splash page to a hug. I love that stuff and I wouldn't have even started this book if it wasn't to form a dialogue with my own children about the nature of life, growing up, and finding what's important to you.

A few examples of parent/child relationships are pictured below. Penny and Abbey with their mother (as well as adult Penny with Vashti (the matriarch of her new group). As the comic progresses, I really can't wait to show Vashti in her role as a mom as well as Penny's past experiences with her own parents.

The Unstoppable Monkey Bunny | Tapas

[maiishira04]

One of my episodes in my webcomic is actually about a single dad and their daughter. I was reading a lot of manga about single parents so it kinda inspired me. If you're interested, check out ep 2: storge of my webcomic.

Colors of Love

[neichasart]

There's a few yes.
The upcoming arc is also gonna focus on family a lot, but the love interest's family this time.
The main character's family are an intrinsic part of the story so we see them a lot.

Nitro's world | Tapas