We often look back on our old work and groan. Why is this? Is it humble to talk our old work down, even when someone is responding to it positively? What changes when we approach our body of work (big
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Thunder Punch Daily 147 – Avoiding Urgency
TPD returns with some thoughts on writing in the medium that works for you and how urgency can be the inspiration killer! Links mentioned: The Lean Into Art Cast with David Seah Young-ha Kim’s Ted talk: Be An Artist, Right
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Thunder Punch Daily 146 – Not “Cheating” Again…
Working on one of the locations for the new Front comic. I’m a cheater! #sketchup jerzydrozd.tumblr.com/post/174536452… — Jerzy Drozd (@Jerzy) February 11, 2012 I asked for it! I made a joke about “cheating” at my art, and it got
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Thunder Punch Daily 143 – Surprised by Style
Today I share some thoughts on how a simple nudge from Kim Holm faced me with an inner demon that I suspect comes out of my history with mainstream comics. I don’t land on an answer to the issue, but
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Thunder Punch Daily 140 – Crunch Time Sets Me Free
Today I share some thoughts on how being up against a wall on a deadline forced me to shed all of the tension and anxiety that I build up through the desire to get a “thumbs up” from my audience.
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Thunder Punch Daily 138 – Would it Kill Ya to Laugh?
Today I share some wisdom imparted to me by one of my young students, reminding me that sometimes we can overly focus on the effort it takes to make our comics, when all the audience cares about is the fun
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Thunder Punch Daily 130 – Characterizing Successful Cartoonists
Today I share a Non-List (™Rob Stenzinger) of qualities I find in most of the cartoonists you might define as “successful”. Do successful cartoonists think differently than others? If so, can we learn to think that way? Do I answer
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Thunder Punch Daily 127 – Hunting for Tribes
Today I share a thought planted in my brain by Brandon Dayton during our time at Kids Read Comics. If you’re in a creative tribe, what is the chief taboo of your group? Are you in a tribe at all?
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Thunder Punch Daily 123 – 5 Years From Now
Today I share some thoughts about how I’ve learned to deal with failure a little better than in years past by watching the present as if it’s 5 years from now. It not only helps you laugh at your blunders,
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Thunder Punch Daily 105 – It’s Natural, Not a Syndrome!
Today I share some thoughts from the car as I wrestle with a comment reportedly made by a well-known comics personality on the “Manga Syndrome” and beginning artists who ape the style of others. I get a little angry in
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