Cartooning is completely different from other media: it is closely related to film and prose, other narrative forms, but the skills needed to realize a story are very different, and include not only drawing and writing dialogue and narration, but… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
I haven't really lost faith in my work - other than for quite short periods when the work is harder than usual - but I have hit points where I want to quit because cartooning is just too hard, too demanding an art form. Basically, there's nothing to be done about that but to keep going (if you're in the… — Jessica Abel Copy Share
I don't use recurring characters. I do get very interested my characters while I'm working with them, and I find the process of fitting… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
Women’s voices, LGBT voices, and the voices of people of color are all needed in any art form if we want to explore the… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
“I sit in front of the notebook and feel like it’s just too late for me. And that this book isn’t working, nothing’s working,… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
When I was living in Mexico, I started reassessing my drawing style, and plunged into a period of doing exercises and research to develop… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
When you draw in a tight, controlled style, you open yourself up to - in my case, my own - criticism that things aren't… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
Why does the need to explain comics still exist? Because that prejudice still exists. It's fading, but it's still very strong. It's important to… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
My drawing, like that of most cartoonists, is intended first of all to be functional: to create believable space, and communicate information. My strongest… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
I can certainly be surprised by turns a story takes, but usually not once I'm actually in the writing/drawing stage. In the plotting stage,… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
I don't think comics use iconic forms - or they don't have to. But that makes them even more "cool," if I understand the… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
“The decision to carve out time and attention to make your work is a breathtaking act of ego. You’re saying, “I don’t care what… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
Cartooning is completely different from other media: it is closely related to film and prose, other narrative forms, but the skills needed to realize… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
