2A = Thursday, October 23, 2008 FRIDAY: Explained Part fry cook, part Stan Lee Next time you walk into Red "t'm an insomniat, so it's not a tion to a "Robot and Dinosaurs" Hot Lovers on East University big deal," she said. series that she started about a Avenue at 3 am., watch out for Although she's usually found month ago. the spunky cook with the two behind the counter, you might be Her craft is mostly self-taught, Star Trek tattoos preparing your able to catch Austin during slow hot she has also taken a few class- meal. hours sitting in her favorite hooch es. Ann Arbor resident Lynzie in the back left corner of the res- "I can do comics all day," she Austin might just feature you in taurant expanding her hook of said. her next cartoon. cartoons. Austin said thoughts of draw- Customers have inspired a few Austin started drawing car- ing as a full-time career have of Austin's creations, especially toons at around age fifteen. She crossed her mind. Five years those that frequent the restau-. didn't take any art classes grow- from now, she doesn't see herself rant during the "drunk rush." ing up, so drawing comics became as a cook at Red Hot Lovers. "Drunk guys give me the best a "creative outlet." She started "I want to go to school to be stories," she said as she pointed her first series in 2002, known a tattoo artist," she said. "And to her drawing of a tipsy robot as the "Hungry Bunny" after her hopefully I'll still be doing rum- with a slouched electronic hat. friend told her to draw a bunny ics." "I always have enough to fill up a eating a waffle. Austin believes her comics , comic strip or two." "I never looked back after convey a message to all of her . Austin, who has worked as a that," she said. viewers. cook at Red Hot Lovers for about The "Hungry Bunny" series "It doesn't have to be well- Forta a year, works from 6 p.m. to S a.m. has been published in "Whatever" drawn to be funny," she said. Chara six days a week. The night shift and "Raw" by Tom Q. 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