Cartoonists are definitely also writers. I have always called myself a writer first, but lately I've been thinking that distinction is incorrect. I think trying to adhere to a label has the potential to stymy one's progress—I had shelved cartooning multiple times over the years by thinking it was distracting me from my words, but recentl…
Cartoonists are definitely also writers. I have always called myself a writer first, but lately I've been thinking that distinction is incorrect. I think trying to adhere to a label has the potential to stymy one's progress—I had shelved cartooning multiple times over the years by thinking it was distracting me from my words, but recently started to put more effort into projects like my webcomic, CHAI COFFEESHOP (Insta, X, Webtoons, and I've put a couple up on Substack) and other long-form works I'll be rolling out soon In addition, look at these three great examples of writer-cartoonists: Allie Brosh (HYPERBOLE AND A HALF - who, in an interview, called herself a writer first); Tom Gauld (whose site indicates he is a cartoonist and illustrator, but his work is complex and extremely well written) ; and of course the great Margaret Atwood, who also happens to be a cartoonist. I know people bristle at the term 'storyteller', but maybe that's a succinct way of describing us hyphenates instead of trying to define ourselves with a jumble of labels? Food for thought...
Cartoonists are definitely also writers. I have always called myself a writer first, but lately I've been thinking that distinction is incorrect. I think trying to adhere to a label has the potential to stymy one's progress—I had shelved cartooning multiple times over the years by thinking it was distracting me from my words, but recently started to put more effort into projects like my webcomic, CHAI COFFEESHOP (Insta, X, Webtoons, and I've put a couple up on Substack) and other long-form works I'll be rolling out soon In addition, look at these three great examples of writer-cartoonists: Allie Brosh (HYPERBOLE AND A HALF - who, in an interview, called herself a writer first); Tom Gauld (whose site indicates he is a cartoonist and illustrator, but his work is complex and extremely well written) ; and of course the great Margaret Atwood, who also happens to be a cartoonist. I know people bristle at the term 'storyteller', but maybe that's a succinct way of describing us hyphenates instead of trying to define ourselves with a jumble of labels? Food for thought...