I’d love to do a comics workshop with our local library and kids in my community - I think they’d enjoy it! Maybe good for the Summer Reading program :) thanks for sharing your story!
Can I ask an art question? How do you get your pictures onto Substack and have them look so good? They're j.pegs? Is it as simple as taking a photo with the phone, playing with the lighting and moving them? Or - with your digital work (I haven't done ANY digital work) it's a much cleaner process? Thanks for any advice!
Yes, this is all done digitally on my iPad using Procreate. If I include something painted on paper, I just take a photo and import it into the file. I draw on Procreate and export each file as a JPG, which I load here. I'll maybe do a post soon about my process! You're not the first to ask!
Thanks, Betje! I realize you are mostly wondering rhetorically, but the irony of course is that one big culprit is SCHOOL. Ironically, we "learn" to lose our creativity in schools, which are organized like factories thanks to capitalism, etc. (I'll stop there but you get the point! 😂)
OMG. This was so inspiring, and as usual w/ you, so wonderfully illustrated. Those teens were so inspiring. From the mouths (and pens of, no longer, but still really, they are) babes.
Wow, thank you so much, Grant! Geeking out to have you comment. I've been a fan for years, ever since discovering your comics at The Rumpus. I brought my copy of Poetry Comics to the library this weekend and told the librarian to order it ASAP. :) And yes, re Lynda Barry: I'm not sure I can overstate how she has shaped my teaching and comics making. ❤️
hey grant, i just want to piggyback on all this enthusiasm to let you know that i think you are great and kelcey is great and lynda barry is great! thanks for all the greatness everyone!
Thanks! A wonderful, engaging read. Inspiring!
Thanks, Bob! So nice to hear!
I read your post from beginning to end and wished for more. Touching and funny. I’m looking forward to The Keeper.
Oh thank you so much! 🥰❤️
What a super post! Thank you for the inspiration. Xo
Thank you!
You did it again! ❤️
Ha! Thank you, Paolo!
Another brilliant comic, Kelcey! And I loved the conclusion.
Thanks so much, Katharine! I appreciate that because I struggled with the conclusion before finally landing where I did!
Wow I love everything about this. As a librarian who only started drawing when I was 54 this really moves me. Thank you!
Wow, good for you! I started drawing late too. I've been writing for a long time, but even that started late...
This was SO sweet and needed!
Thanks, Haley! This is your week for fearlessness, bravery, and hopefully lots of JOY! Thinking of you!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ahhhh I may need at least a few additional Kelcey pep talks!
I’d love to do a comics workshop with our local library and kids in my community - I think they’d enjoy it! Maybe good for the Summer Reading program :) thanks for sharing your story!
Gosh, yes, do it!
I really really truly love this! Teenagers are amazingly creative...and then what happens? Thank you for this!
Can I ask an art question? How do you get your pictures onto Substack and have them look so good? They're j.pegs? Is it as simple as taking a photo with the phone, playing with the lighting and moving them? Or - with your digital work (I haven't done ANY digital work) it's a much cleaner process? Thanks for any advice!
Yes, this is all done digitally on my iPad using Procreate. If I include something painted on paper, I just take a photo and import it into the file. I draw on Procreate and export each file as a JPG, which I load here. I'll maybe do a post soon about my process! You're not the first to ask!
Thank you so much!
Very inspiring post!! Now, I just need to be brave. Thanks for reminding me.
Same, Andy, same. Thank you! ❤️
From creative abandon to abandonment of creativity ❤️ GENIUS… all of it…
Oh I love this post! Why do we get so scared about creativity at some point, I wonder. Thanks for sharing your insights.
Thanks, Betje! I realize you are mostly wondering rhetorically, but the irony of course is that one big culprit is SCHOOL. Ironically, we "learn" to lose our creativity in schools, which are organized like factories thanks to capitalism, etc. (I'll stop there but you get the point! 😂)
OMG. This was so inspiring, and as usual w/ you, so wonderfully illustrated. Those teens were so inspiring. From the mouths (and pens of, no longer, but still really, they are) babes.
Thanks, Alice! They ARE still babes! Overgrown, articulate, inspiring wonderful BABES.
THIS. was soooooo inspiring!!!
Yay, thanks, Krista! (We should get coffee sometime!)
I would love it!!!! Let's do it!!!
Love this post! Thanks for mentioning POETRY COMICS, and I second the Lynda Barry influence. She's one of the great graphic thinkers and teachers!
Wow, thank you so much, Grant! Geeking out to have you comment. I've been a fan for years, ever since discovering your comics at The Rumpus. I brought my copy of Poetry Comics to the library this weekend and told the librarian to order it ASAP. :) And yes, re Lynda Barry: I'm not sure I can overstate how she has shaped my teaching and comics making. ❤️
That means a lot, thank YOU!
hey grant, i just want to piggyback on all this enthusiasm to let you know that i think you are great and kelcey is great and lynda barry is great! thanks for all the greatness everyone!
I appreciate it, Myq! In good poetry comics company 😊
Myq! You are also very great! 😁❤️
Absolutely brilliant perspective! You inspire so many people…including me. 😎
Aww, shucks! 🥰