I've been working very hard to get a pitch doc ready in time for something (not this image below, that's just my usual comics). As a fulltime solo parent, I can't afford to abandon my baby in order to focus on art, I have to balance my life. I am typing this one handed right now, and it all drives me a bit batty.
Also, to get to the topic of this post: you can't gatekeep comics.
Being someone whose been unwell, I haven't had the bravery to attempt comics. Until I have experienced something big. It's big to me.
Despite sharing a lot of art online, I'm also applying for heaps of literary and comic themed opportunities, as I've just said.
Comics aren't about how long your webcomic has been going for, I see too many people plodding along with no substance and not very thought-out pages. And as for me? Well, I've stared at Berserk on a daily basis for the last half a decade, no doubt, people think this hasn't helped me. But surprise surprise, it has totally helped me. As not only do I read comics a lot, but I have worshipped the best of the best for a very long time: Berserk. That counts, a lot.
To be quite blunt, seeing as everyone has always parroted how: 'you have to play games to be a good game dev' and 'you have to read to be a good writer', and well given all that rhetoric, you should've ogled Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga every day for the last 5 years if you want to be a comic artist! Don't argue with me on it, bud.
(I'm aware my spelling is wrong in this handwritten speech bubble I always final check my typed words. My quickly scribbled words are always rough.)
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