I drew this comic on paper for the first time in a while!  Feels good.  While working on kids books, I was on the digital tablet out of habit.

When you draw comics you get asked a lot about process!  Writing and research are big parts of my job, but here is the on-paper bit.  It is not really fancy, it is a very light pencil and inks on top, because I want to retain the gesture and expression of the first intuitive line.  That’s my strength, so I try to focus on it.  We all have a strength!  I don’t think we all need to be the greatest artists of all time, but if you’re good at a few key things, go for it, and be proud of that.  

I use a regular ole pencil

and a thick paper like bristol 

and one of these see through graph rulers (you can get them wherev)

Copic markers for washes  (you can also get these wherev, any art stores around you really.  Copic is the best kind so they are pricier).

and these brush pens from Jetpens. Every other brush pen (except the Pentel Pocket pen which is also good) drives me insane and most are just BAD.  This one keeps a hard tip with a lot of flexibility so it is best.

I should use brushes and inks but I don’t out of habit!  Before I had a studio, I would make comics in coffee shops and libraries, so I was carting everything around.  I also still like to sit in a ball with the pad of paper on my knees.  I have a desk I should be doing all this on but that is where I like to put my garbage.

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