About

The Comic

Roonie the Rabbit is a comic strip about a bunch of cute little animals with some very big feelings.

There’s Roonie the rabbit—an impulsive rabbit with questionable priorities—who navigates life alongside Flynn the squirrel, a squirrel whose careful planning is matched only by his certainty that things won’t work out anyway. Together with friends like Hot Chocolate the lizard (who finds unconventional solutions to social situations), the hyper-competitive  Pittman the fox, and various others, they explore the absurdities of existence through dry humor and surprisingly relatable anxieties.

These comics find comedy in everyday struggles: the gap between who we want to be and who we are, moments of profound connection and spectacular miscommunication, the challenge of lowering expectations versus meeting them. Whether it’s dinner plans, creative pursuits, or simply getting through the day, these characters approach life’s complications with a mix of optimism, pragmatism, and honest self-awareness.

There’s humor in trying and failing, comfort in companionship (even when it feels like a threat), and small victories that make life surprisingly worthwhile. It’s philosophical without being heavy, anxious in ways that feel deeply familiar, and consistently finds warmth in even the most awkward moments.

So that’s what this is.

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The Cartoonist

I’m Porter Mason. I have published comics since I was 13, including Johnny the Mediocre Human, about college life at Duke University; Bassist Wanted, about music, whose book All Local Bands Suck (Except Ours) was nominated for Best Book at the 2009 ECNY Awards; and One Nation, Thunder Dog, about politics.

In 2026 I Kickstarted Roonie’s first book, Cute Animals for Flawed People, a hardback collecting the first 301 comics. It was fully funded in under two hours and chosen as a Kickstarter “Project We Love.”

I also used to perform and teach comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Los Angeles. I performed alongside some pretty cool people, like D’Arcy Carden and Jeff Hiller, and taught and coached some pretty cool people too, like Aubrey Plaza, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, and Nicole Byer.

I live in northern New Jersey with my wife and two daughters. In my spare time, I raise millions of dollars for nonprofits online. And I’m always on the lookout for the perfect breakfast sandwich. The current contenders: Tandem Bakery in Portland, Maine, and Dutch’s Sandwich Shop in Montclair, New Jersey.