Nikki, I’m so glad I recently discovered your Substack. My Dad (the biological one, as opposed to my beloved stepdad) was also an artist; I’m also a writer. I feel you on all the thoughts about thinking like a writer as you imagine your graphic novel. I went to school to be a cartoonist, did not become a cartoonist, became a writer, and have now come full circle back to cartooning—also without my Dad, as he’s passed away as well. I already love your drawings because they are, in my Dad’s words, “so alive.” Happy to be on this journey with you.
Hello Suzan - and, welcome!! I'm so happy you stumbled into this Substack :) It sounds like we have more than a few things in common :) So interesting to hear about your route to cartooning... looking forward to learning more about your work, too!
Yes! I think you are right :) April at the library this evening also suggested sleeves. Makes sense to me even though I am definitely NOT an ironing superstar.
Nikki, I’m so glad I recently discovered your Substack. My Dad (the biological one, as opposed to my beloved stepdad) was also an artist; I’m also a writer. I feel you on all the thoughts about thinking like a writer as you imagine your graphic novel. I went to school to be a cartoonist, did not become a cartoonist, became a writer, and have now come full circle back to cartooning—also without my Dad, as he’s passed away as well. I already love your drawings because they are, in my Dad’s words, “so alive.” Happy to be on this journey with you.
Hello Suzan - and, welcome!! I'm so happy you stumbled into this Substack :) It sounds like we have more than a few things in common :) So interesting to hear about your route to cartooning... looking forward to learning more about your work, too!
I think the smaller board was for sleeves!
Yes! I think you are right :) April at the library this evening also suggested sleeves. Makes sense to me even though I am definitely NOT an ironing superstar.