flip through a few pages but, for some reason, leaves out some key words, making it seem like I don’t know how to rite :) So when I decided I’d like to leap into the world of editorial cartoons, I enlisted the help of a professional, Jeff Wilson; a cartoonist from Priceville who most definitely does not suck at drawing!
I SUCK AT DRAWING
I had an idea to publish a politically savvy cartoon about the Omicron variant, entitled By: Roger Tumminieri Herd Immunity. I sketched out my idea on a scrap piece of paper I found in my shirt I’ve always wanted to write children’s books. pocket, took a photo of it and sent it to Jeff I’m not sure why. Maybe because kids see with a few words of direction. the world differently than adults and their innocence is appealing - something I’d He graciously replied with some constructive like to foster and encourage and somehow ideas to improve the nature of the toon. That is tap into. The problem is, I suck at drawing. to say my original idea was less than sensitive. Reference the 3 children’s books I wrote and The result was, in my opinion, a clever, well‘illustrated’ last June when I must have had a drawn take on whether we should head back lot more energy. I called it the “Sleepy Time to school and work after a brief ‘lockdown’ or Shapes” series. With clever titles like The lay low a little while longer. Black Rectangle, The Blue Square, and The Yellow Circle, I thought I was sure to blow You can see it page 15. the doors off Amazon’s Kindle sales :) Thank you to Jeff and I look forward to I was wrong. creating more thought-provoking cartoons with his help. Although, I think the books are cute and reading them to kids is a fun and sneaky way Check back for more stories from The County for parents to get their littles to sleep, their Life by visiting www.thecountylife.ca downfall was most likely the cover art (see above re: sucking at drawing). Unfortunately, Read more stories from The County Life at the ‘look inside’ sample option allows you to www.thecountylife.ca
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