It's a lot harder for an author that's unpublished to say, 'Hey, here's a new book.' There's nothing of theirs to read, so you don't know what it's going to be like. Kickstarter is great, but you also have to put your work out there whenever you can so you can build a reputation.

I can see people sharing my comics and talking about them, which is very gratifying.

Social media has been a great change. It's also a great way to disseminate comics and market them.

When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw.

Sometimes I feel like I must be hinting at this deep well of knowledge when, really, I just skim off the surface.

I believe good writing can save bad art.

The great thing about online comics is that this happens naturally, even if you don't advertise.

For me personally, I get to be a cartoonist, because my comic would never survive in print. Maybe one in 100 people would like it, but online, I can gather that one percent all in one place.

A huge potential audience, great interaction with your readers, the ability to see what people like and what they don't, the ability to see how people respond to what you're doing in real-time - there's just tons of great stuff that you get by being online.

You can always take on more projects; it just makes your life worse and worse.