Becoming who you were meant to be!
I want you to know.. before you read this.. I was bullied… so please do not take offence to the comic strip… I did not abuse my character… I was making a point… of how others perceive and treat… but Hampy no longer is in comic strips… he is teaching goodwill and love to others… […]
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So I have been told that the best way to reach to people is to be you and introduce yourself. Lately, with Social Media, you can do this with video and wave to say hi.. This me… This is Hampy’s creator. I am LaurieAnn. I am not perfect. But I can say on video, how […]
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I remember when I created Hampy, then the first clay model, then in 2010, my first stuffed version of him, with a Halloween costume on. But through the years since his inception in 1980, Hampy has been more than just a character to me. Hampy, to me, was like Pinnochio to Geppeto, only he never […]
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I am seriously so happy that the book finally got onto Amazon.com. It is not an easy process to become a seller, let me tell you!! My publicist did it for me when I paid him to do so, but understanding that my book is self-published, and copyrighted, so he has no ownership of […]
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Okay, I will admit. My sister and I are not babies anymore. Or are we not? We still crave attention, still do wonderfully young people things like dance when no one is watching (or are) sing in our cars, because we know everyone now thinks you are just talking to someone on your cell, so […]
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I created Hampy in 1980. I watched the show Too Close for Comfort for the duration it was. I loved Ted Knight. I was horrified when I found out he passed away, because I could relate to him in this show. His cow character. Like mine. My Hampy. I bought a drafting table to draw […]
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I guess I have been around for a while. LaurieAnn created me in 1980 and published me 30 years later on my birthday, in 2010. I suppose someone found this fascinated. Now LA does have the original first, “need some help”, for so many reasons of the samples. She still was not Hampy with the […]
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My daughter has meant so much to me over to the years. I don’t discount my wonderful sons, don’t get me wrong, but she keeps creeping back into my life in a wonderful way. I too did not want children… felt it was tough enough for me… but had one son… who led me […]
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