“Always Allow For the Happy Brainfart”: Attempt at Advice to a Younger Cartoonist

John L. Roberson
Aug 31, 2018 · 15 min read

Last week, a young cartoonist named Stephanie wrote me and, in a perhaps mistaken assumption I know what I’m doing, asked some questions about cartooning, which I tried to answer as best I could from my own perspective and experience. Which I’m not sure was so great, but she seemed to find a lot of it useful, so I thought perhaps others might.

So, with her permission, edited(in the case of my own words) slightly for brevity, and with some bits revised because of other things that occurred to…

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John L. Roberson is a cartoonist & writer, creator of SUZY SPREADWELL, LULU, VLADRUSHKA, & other word & picture things. Follow him on Twitter at @jlr_1969.

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