Take it from the Tinkersons
About Take it from the Tinkersons
Bill Bettwy’s Take It From The Tinkersons is a timely comic strip about the hopes and dreams of a modern family, working together to keep their heads above today’s choppy economic waters. Ted and Tiff Tinkerson are a happily married couple with two children: A charmingly naive son, Tillman, and a moody tween daughter, Tweetie. And you can’t leave out Tubby, their overweight but lovable dog.
Nothing comes easily in life, especially for the Tinkersons. Despite Tiff’s financial concerns, Ted’s unrealized ambitions, Tillman’s aversion to school work and Tweetie’s hourly mood swings, the Tinkersons know in their hearts what truly matters: in the rat race of life, family comes first.
Meet the Creator
Bill Bettwy
Bill has been creating cartoons in some form or another for quite some time. It started back in the ‘90s where he produced character design and development, production bibles, and storyboards for animated projects. Then in 2005 while drawing editorial cartoons for a local paper, Bill created a comic strip that caught the eye of […]
Characters
Ed
As the aloof owner of Ed-N-Son Light Bulbs, Ed is Ted’s dim-witted boss. Since his divorce, Ed has completely lost his sense of humor and compassion for family, friends and employees. ...
Maime
Oh boy, this one is a firecracker and she has Tillman right where she wants him … next door! Her family just recently moved next door to the Tinkersons AND to the man of her drea...
Ted Tinkerson
Ted Tinkerson is a family man and the primary breadwinner. He’s in his late thirties (wait, how did that happen?), but he still feels like a big kid. Ted’s main struggle isn’t his fami...
Tiff Tinkerson
Tiff Tinkerson is a no-nonsense wife and mother and the linchpin who keeps the Tinkerson home going. It’s not easy being a stay-at-home mom and raising two kids (three, if she counts h...
Tillman Tinkerson
Tillman Tinkerson is a third grader at My Dear Watson Elementary School. He’s a pretty sharp kid, but he doesn’t apply himself in school. Thanks to countless hours of watching reality...
Tubby and Lilly
The family dogs. When these two aren’t shedding all over the couch or barking at anyone who steps onto their porch, they can be found lying in wait…for someone…anyone...
Tweetie Tinkerson
Tweetie Tinkerson is the Tinkersons’ moody and temperamental tween. Tweetie views Tillman as more of a little bother than her younger brother. She has reached a critical point in fifth...