Wuffle (Comic)
Wuffle was an online comedy webcomic created by Piti Yindee, featuring a nostalgic, Disneyesque style. The comic revolves around the title character, Wuffle, a "Big Nice Wolf" who is a farm boy living in a Gingerbread Village with his friends Pui Pui, a lazy hedgehog, and Foxxo, a wealthy fox. It was first published on Tumblr in 2012 and concluded in 2017.
History
[edit | edit source]Wuffle originally started as a four-panel comic, but its second issue, titled "Year 2," switched to full pages and introduced more developed, mature storylines while still retaining its roots. The third and final year featured a hybrid of the two formats. In an unusual move, Piti Yindee released all copyrights to the comics under the Creative Commons Zero license, effectively placing them in the public domain. All three issues were officially published as physical books and PDFs under the same waiver. The webcomic has since been archived on sites like Archive.org and syndicated in the form of motion comics on YouTube. Tony Bark used the raw contents of the PDF available in the Archive.org release to create a ZIP-based comic book reader version of all three issues.
The original concept for Wuffle was intended to be a Mario-style platformer against the three little pigs. Although the farm boy premise remained consistent, Wuffle's appearance evolved throughout the development. He initially wore a patched vest, broken shoes, and no pants with slightly darker toned fur. An early 3D version introduced denim shorts and shoes. However, this concept was dropped in favor of comics due to collage.
Characters
[edit | edit source]Wuffle
[edit | edit source]Wuffle is a wolf with a big heart. Currently he's living as a farmer in a barn that is on a hill near Gingerbread Village. He never turns away from people who need a helping hand. He is also willing to help them out not expecting anything in return. However, Wuffle tends to be naive and too trusting, which often brings him unexpected trouble.
Pui Pui
[edit | edit source]A hedgehog who seems to be able to complain about anything he ever lays his eyes upon, though he never means any harm. Hot-headed and impatient, but, surprisingly, Pui Pui is Wuffle's best buddy and co-worker. It was Wuffle's idea that working on a farm might help Pui Pui with his anger management.
Though admittedly, he prefers eating and sleeping.
Foxxo
[edit | edit source]A young fox who's the owner of Gingerbread Village, as well as the bakery with the same name — the Gingerbread Bakery. Foxxo never wastes a moment to show off how much money he has. One good example is how he always wears a tuxedo when he walks around the village.