Well that is an hour and a half of questions and answers - I don’t want to clog people’s tumblrs any more than I already have so I’ll put a pin in it for now. But this was really nice, it is nice to talk to you! Maybe from time to time I will answer more things since there were so many. Thank you for your questions! Have a nice afternoon!
xo
Kate
I live in Canada and I saw Joey in Halifax a few weeks ago, ran into Emily’s boyfriend in a cafe yesterday, and was at Ryan’s house last night with friends! I am a fortunate lady. In the friend world.
It is a half set of books from the 1890s, histories of the Scottish Highlands, that my grandfather had and my grandmother gave to me telling my mom “give these to Katie, she will probably like them.” The books are cracked and falling apart from reading, and you can tell that they meant a lot to some generations of poor farmers with little education.
I love eggs don’t even joke, don’t even pun, son
I use all kinds! Whatever you are looking for, there is usually a legit database of more than one kind to help you out. Archives like archive.org or google books, online exhibits and archives from museums, image archives from libraries, university online collections, government collections, newspaper archives. There is so much more out there than you think there is, always. And most of it is free. (I’m looking at you, Jstor!) (j/k I support academic writers being paid.)
I love that you think it is a pig <3 <3 <3
They are ponies and they will be available from Topatoco as soon as they arrive!
I think this question is, you are making a story, and not finding an audience. But really, the story comes down to you. You make work for yourself, you make stories for yourself. If you make work for an audience, it won’t be as good. And you yourself must know if it is working or not - what you like about it, and what needs to be changed to make it a better comic. If the audience is not there, it may be that you need to sharpen your skills more, but the good news is, you get better at this just by doing it all the time. Make it for you, keep making it, and the audience will come.
I just picked up both Patrick DeWitt and Michael Crummey’s new books!
Yes! I should. Also are we all going to watch the new Macbeth film when it comes out? YES WE ARE
Neither is better, but I think the ability to switch between genres as I please keeps me fresh in both areas. When you need a break from one, you swivel your chair around to your second.
I’m really not good at this! I try to get better at it all the time. When I started taking on other work on top of the comics site, I realized that I could only have 2 or 3 things on the go at the same time, and that was an important thing to figure out, because if I have too much I can’t concentrate on anything and the work is garbage. You need to find out what your limits are, and how to work within them. Also, everything my nephew does is amazing.
I need to talk to Meredith and Carly! I miss them.
That’s not crazy. I think it does for many, and I hope it does for you. Everyone has a right to it. <3
It was the same impulse to create things that many writers have, and that you probably have. And it has definitely drawn people closer to me, and I to them. There is a constant dialogue with people, because you are communicating to them, you are asking them to look at the thing you made. And if they do, they are communicating back.
