Comic Related Support Through Tough Times
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Scribble Through the Struggle
Hat tip to John Freeman over at Down the Tubes for surfacing the Scribble through the Struggle Instagram campaign initiated by Young Comics Laureate Mollie Ray (Giant) to motivate young artists to push through challenges.
From Mollie:
“As part of my time in the role I’m asking artists to take part in the Instagram campaign #ScribbleThroughTheStruggle – sharing a moment where you could have given up on your creative dream, but didn’t – and what helped you keep going.”
To participate in the campaign:
Either in the form of a video or written quote (or a short comic, if you’re feeling adventurous!) share with us your moment. Videos must be portrait, not exceed 3 minutes and quotes must be a maximum of 100 words.
Every post will include a gentle prompt inviting young people to respond, through a word, a doodle, or a reflection.
Full instructions on submissions and participation are posted over on Down the Tubes. Submissions are due April 15.
Chris Eliopoulos to Publish “Lost Souls”
Secondly, I noted that Chris Eliopoulos (Misery Loves Sherman, Ordinary People Change the World books) recently wrote on Substack, “Like many of you, my anxiety level has been through the roof. All these bad things happening and not ever feeling like you can change it has had me in a malaise.” His solution was to go old school and create comics solely with “pencils, brushes, ink, and paper.”
With 80 comics inked and feeling better he’s planning on publishing his work starting next Monday (April 6).
I was thinking about how when I was young, reading Peanuts gave me such a calm feeling. The strips were never laugh-out-loud works, but there was a peaceful, comfortable quality to them. Like old friends who you knew were like you and you could relate. So, I thought maybe I could help others with their anxiety with this little escape. It’s named, appropriately, “Lost Souls.”
You can read it over on his Substack account.
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