Comments on: why i’m writing a book

By: Andertoons

Andertoons — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:25:12 +0000

“Cartooning as a day job meant chaining yourself to your table, scratching out a living in silence, interrupted only by frequent trips to the coffee shop.” — Sounds wonderful to this cartoonist!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:42:04 +0000

You lack slack. First you start out BEING creative, next thing YOU ARE A CREATIVE. You need to learn to SLACK OFF and GET PAID! I can’t tell you how many pink boys like yourself have come to me asking how I’ve done it, whether I’m giving some bum a haircut or stamping out false prophets. Hurry up, TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:13:44 +0000

I’m glad you are the way you are.

By: ..geo...

..geo... — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:27:24 +0000

Reading this made me smile today!
Thank You!
Thanks! ..geo…

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 02:22:49 +0000

“College Town”? Hmmmph. Let’s get one thing straight. Cartooning is a cool job. Maybe I like sitting alone in a room, drinking gallons of coffee and talking to my cats, ok?
No surprise about the book. I knew it would come. “Sex and Cash” would be a great title. Can’t wait to see it in the bookstores.

By: Terry Heaton

Terry Heaton — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:03:06 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more here, Hugh.
I’ve had some of the same lessons you’ve had and can testify that education IS expensive. I have written extensively about the Age of Participation, the practical side of chaos and creativity. The thing I like most about what you’re saying is that real education — the expensive kind — doesn’t come from a logical book. It comes from doing, and there’s no replacement thereof. As a creative person, your life would have been just as chaotic (and expensive) had you known the things then that you do now. It’s just the way things are.
Best to you and your project. Here’s hoping we can meet one day.

By: Jozef Imrich

Jozef Imrich — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:44:55 +0000

Robert Frost once observed that happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.
Any tragedy and hopelessness one manages to survive is usually an improvement in character, stature, and life. What a privilege!
PS: The difference between water and Vodka in Slavic is the letter K. — Voda means Water
(smile)

By: Inspired

Inspired — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:12:17 +0000

Im not an alcoholic artist, but boy are they inspiring! Im on the verge of my own adventure, dumping the corporation to create my own dream, a dream that includes stimulation, freedom and fun. Wow!
Thanks scribber for underlining that the risky decisions are so right! xx

By: lloyd davis

lloyd davis — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:02:08 +0000

Thank you Hugh — it’s lovely to get up in the morning to something that gives you the warm tinglies (ahem) I mean jolly good show old chap keep it up.
I identify so much with that doodling-at-the-bar guy except that I had to wait until I’d realised that I’d had enough alcohol for one lifetime and spent sometime getting to know myself again to feel able to pick up a pen and start drawing again.
Now I do a lot of my artwork on the train — the other day a fellow commuter turned round and said “is that for something special.… or just a hobby?” Yeah, that’s the question.