Assigning credit for the design of individual Exquisite Chicken games is a tricky business. Once the basic framework began to take shape, many of the possible variations were more or less "obvious". The idea of using cartoon panels as prompts was one of these obvious variations, and it required virtually no extra development-work to turn it into a playable game. Multiple people suggested the idea, and Mike Petty and I tested it independently. This game doesn't really have a designer—it just grew.
Cartoon Chicken is one of the best of the Exquisite Chicken games. I love drawing the initial cartoons, and I'm always fascinated by the subsequent juxtapositions. I'm amazed by the different ways that people manage to imbue the combinations with some kind of sense (or nonsense). I love the mix of visual and linguistic elements that this game provides.