Sketchy Thoughts by Steve Stegelin | Full Time Comic Creator

Steve Stegelin’s Anatomy of a Pinup: Joust Edition

One of the things I’ve missed most with the lack of comic conventions in the wake of COVID-19 is the opportunity to visit the host cities. Return to a convention enough times, and some places...

Steve Stegelin’s Comics Distribution (and Evolution)

As news of comic convention cancellations continues to come in, I’ve been feeling the pangs of convention withdrawal, both as an attendee and a vendor. I’ve also spent time staying indoors to...

Steve Stegelin’s Mind the Gap

This week, working on the editorial cartoon for Charleston City Paper left in my mind in the gutter. Or, more accurately, on the gutter—as in that magical break between panels in sequential...

Steve Stegelin’s A Week In the Life (and the Lessons Learned)

As I juggled an assortment of deadlines and “comicking” over the past week, I realized the diversity of what I worked on afforded some nice compare-and-contrast and lessons learned....

Steve Stegelin’s Building a Safer Comics Community

For an uncomfortably too-close-to-home satire of the comic book industry, look no further than Evan Dorkin’s Eltingville Club. A darkly comic—and scathing—indictment on nerd culture, Dorkin...

Steve Stegelin’s Perils of Editorial Cartoons

The comic book industry often goes through moments of doom and gloom, like when a tentpole Big Two publisher breaks up with the primary distributor. However, there are times when I’m reminded...

Steve Stegelin’s Writer or Artist: Which is More Important?

A thread recently popped up online, asking which was more important in comics—the writer, or the artist. The root of the thread may have been the trade dress for DC Comics’ “DC Ink” imprint...

Steve Stegelin’s When Cartoons Are No Laughing Matter

So, just to get this out of the way, a bit of a trigger warning: This post contains some political opinion. Of course, I’m a political cartoonist, so that shouldn’t come as a big surprise....

Steve Stegelin’s Balancing Act: Juggling Multiple Projects

This week has been hectic, with multiple projects running simultaneously and new ones popping up. As I look at the work accomplished (and what’s still left to do), it seems a good opportunity...

Steve Stegelin’s Know Your Audience

In this social media landscape of Likes and Follows, it’s easy to get wrapped up in trying to figure out what posts will get the most love. Social media success can be as much due to the...