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When I was a teenager, I stopped all that. I was more interested in being, like, a painter or whatever—what I thought was a “real” artist. I went to an arts high school, so that skewed what I thought a “real” artist is. School was like, “This is how you make art. This is how you use a paintbrush. This is how you use color pencils.” I was trying to quickly learn how to be, like, not awful at these different mediums—like how to draw a flower and make it look realistic or whatever.
Chicago has a great comics scene. The Internet is great, but it’s helpful to have a local community. I’ve gotten the most out of meeting people. I just print comics and bring them to comic events and give them away. Or I table at Chicago Zine Fest or mail them to different shops around the country. When you meet your favorite cartoonists, it’s so much more memorable than an Instagram comment. You get a chance to talk to them and maybe learn from and hang out with them.
SAIC is a hyperconceptual fine arts school. There’s always a group who’s interested in making comics, but there were a lot of people who were like, “Comics aren’t.” The attitude was kind of, “Why would you say such and such in a comic when you could make an ambient sound piece?” You know? And I’m not going to knock anyone’s performance piece where they cover themselves in milk or whatever.
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