Spike ‏@Iron_Spike

Now is the best possible time in history to be a cartoonist Doing Your Own Thing. It’s not easy, but man oh man is it satisfying.

Start small (People say shit like that because it’s true). Put your comics on tumblr. Hand some photocopied minis out at cons. Make friends.

Making a living as a creative professional will never be EASY, but the hurdles have never been lower, folks. Work at it.

Being a full time, living-wage artist will probably not happen right away. If Picasso couldn’t pull it off, you shouldn’t expect to, either.

Just realize if you’re in school for comics, you’re majoring in self-employment. Don’t let that sneak up on you.

IDK, it’s just sometimes I get these “Well, yeah, it’s easy for YOU” comments about being in comics and NO GUYS, IT WASN’T. IT WAS HARD.  

- Iron Spike via Twitter