Scott Ramsoomair

Scott Ramsoomair, born March 24, 1981http://web.archive.org/web/20050328092816/http://www.vgcats.com/, is the creator of the webcomic VG Cats. He is also the creator of the Final Fantasy XI webcomic Adventure Log and the Pokémon-based webcomic SUPER EFFECTIVE. He has also worked as the illustrator of the webcomic Digital Purgatory. Ramsoomair lives in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 
==Career==
Ramsoomair would do 2 years of art in high school,Interview with Scott Ramsoomair done for 4 Color Rebellion (http://web.archive.org/web/20060621204456/https://4colorrebellion.com/archives/2006/06/19/4cr-interview-scott-ramsoomair/) and also did graphic design.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_P-m9dJVIg He started VG Cats in September 2001, drawing the comics when he was on his lunch break at work.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRM7SBiryss He also learned more about art through drawing VG Cats. 
Ramsoomair has said that making comics for VG Cats takes him quite a while, saying that drawing and computer work takes him about three to nine hours of work each.http://web.archive.org/web/20061017131332/http://www.vgcats.com/faq/ The slow update schedule has also become a running gag among VG Cats fans, with Ramsoomair himself mentioning it in a few comics, such as I Like Bunnies, Left Behind, and Humiliation Tube.
==Personal Life== 
Ramsoomair named the main protagonists of VG Cats after the two cats he owns, Leo and Aeris, but he describes this association as "in name only."https://web.archive.org/web/20171118212750/http://www.vgcats.com/new/ Ramsoomair has owned a few other pets besides Leo and Aeris. He owned a cat named "Ronin", with Ramsoomair saying that Ronin would not appear in the comics.http://web.archive.org/web/20051013060805/http://www.vgcats.com/ On July 10, 2007, Ramsoomair got a new kitten named "Bugsy", which he gave the nickname "Hell with Claws".http://web.archive.org/web/20070714211817/http://vgcats.com/ Ramsoomair would also have a ferret called Yuki.http://web.archive.org/web/20080227011003/http://www.vgcats.com/ Leo was euthanized in July of 2010.http://web.archive.org/web/20170402154054/https://twitter.com/vgc_scott/status/18980339887?lang=en
== Trivia ==
* Ramsoomair drew his first comic in 4th grade, and according to him it was a "direct rip-off of a Garfield comic."Interview with Scott Ramsoomair done for ComixPedia (http://web.archive.org/web/20060612234249/http://comixpedia.com/an_interview_with_scott_ramsoomair_of_vg_cats) 
* In 2006, Ramsoomair stated that his art was inspired by the artwork of John Kricfalusi.
* Ramsoomair would humorously mention in an interview with ComixPedia in June 2006 that he hated every VG Cats strip he had made because he had to look at them for too long. He would add on that "Every strip is a magnification of the flaws of development."
* In an interview from CBS News, Ramsoomair said that "They [Conservative groups, watchdog groups] are just going through the motions. They’ve never played, read, or watched these things but they’ll be the first to condemn it." He added on, "Take BMXXX, a horrible game, but not for its content. It was just a very bad game. But people hear nudity and everyone is up in arms."https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gamespeak-vg-cats/
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