Recently I was reminded of this lovely little essay by the cartoonist Seth, about the solitary art of cartooning. From his description I’d say that cartooning — at least fiction cartooning such as Seth practices — sounds exactly like fiction writing, except you have to draw pictures. Which by rights should make it even harder.
Of course, nonfiction cartooning, such as Joe Sacco practices, is exactly like reporting — except you have to draw pictures, so that practice should be even more difficult.
Anyway, at Seth’s essay, don’t miss the little included strip, Down the Stairs. And here’s an illuminating Q&A with Seth from the same magazine.
