Steve Stegelin
Sketchy Thoughts from an Award Winning Cartoonist
Steve Stegelin’s Comics: It’s Hard Work If You Can Get It
Comics: It’s Hard Work If You Can Get It I was chatting recently with a friend who realized his dream of writing comics over the past few years. His arc has been interesting to watch, as it followed...
Steve Stegelin’s Avoiding the Pigeonhole in Your Portfolio
Avoiding the Pigeonhole in Your Portfolio I recently had a couple of new prospective projects arise, and they both reminded me of the importance of diversifying one’s portfolio. It’s easy enough...
Steve Stegelin’s It’s October. Why Aren’t You Drawing?
It’s October. Why Aren’t You Drawing? If you’re looking for an excuse to draw (on top of your usual deadlines or ongoing projects), this is your month. October is marked with annual events...
Steve Stegelin’s Keep Ahead to Keep Up
Keep Ahead to Keep Up Last week I discussed how “life comes at you fast,” so you need to be flexible and reactive. Think of this week’s post as the flipside of that same coin. One way to roll with...
Steve Stegelin’s Life Comes At You Fast
According to my Google Docs dictionary, adaptability is “the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions.” And this week, I was reminded how much adaptability is a requisite quality for...
Steve Stegelin’s Know Your Rights Before You Sign the Dotted Line
For the record, I’m not a lawyer, just someone who’s faced a number of contracts over the years. So a quick disclaimer that you shouldn’t consider this post as professional legal advice; if...
Steve Stegelin’s Anatomy of a Pinup: Octobriana 1976
As a cartoonist with regular weekly deadlines and commitments to other projects, taking time to draw just for myself is something I struggle with the most. What’s helped me in this regard,...
Steve Stegelin’s Crunching Numbers on Your Network
A couple of weeks back, I wrote about the various responses—good and bad—my editorial cartoons get on Twitter. And honestly, there are times when Twitter feels like a particularly hellish part of...
Steve Stegelin’s They Give Awards to Imposters, Don’t They?
Just as comic books have several awards, including the Oscar equivalent of the Eisner, editorial cartoons have a number of opportunities for recognition outside of the Pulitzer. Being the latter...
Steve Stegelin’s All a-Twitter
I’ve written in the past about how a frequent benchmark for an editorial cartoonist is either making the reader laugh or making them angry. Based on that, I must be doing a fantastic job, because...
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