The cartoonist shared with us the background of him becoming a professional comic artist: “Woah. ‘Professionally’ is a strong word. I have always loved to draw and make people laugh. So I always thought that writing comic strips was a great marriage of the two. I have always loved reading comics. When I was a kid, I would pore over books of Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, and The Far Side that I would get from the library down the street from me. I would study their drawing techniques and their joke structures over and over again. My grandpa used to save stacks of the funny pages from the Sunday newspaper and bring them over for me to read and I would read every single comic on every single page even if I didn’t like them.” More info: webtoons.com | Instagram But, lately I have been working on my career as a graphic designer and sadly have not had much time to devote to comics. I still love them and read them all the time and I’ll occasionally jot down an idea and try to carve out some time to turn it into a four-panel. And I still kind of hold on to the hope that I will have enough time to pick it up again in the future…” He also added: “Coming up with something out of nothing is intimidating and hard. But if you give yourself the freedom to come up with something bad, you’ll find that you can come up with a lot.” Don’t be afraid to copy other people’s style. Just be sure to copy a lot of people’s style! Eventually that will lead to new ideas and new styles and one day you’ll have your own style. And lastly, make sure you’re doing it for yourself. I didn’t make it big as a comic artist or even make a living out of it. But, I am so glad that I made my collection of comics. I learned so much from it and I’m so proud of it.” Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
