That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.
No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or 'real' art; they simply think it's a bad cartoon.
A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.
The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.
Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.
It seems so absurd to get really mad with a cartoonist over a comic strip. It's sort of like getting in a fight with a circus clown outside your house. It's not going to end well.
A lot of people feel that there is less artistry involved in cartoon making unless they have painstaking control of each frame.
So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration.
It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.
Drawings don't have a point. Cartoons, you want to have an opinion; you want them to express a viewpoint.