In 2017, I decided to give comics another shot. I started looking online to see what kinds of webcomics were out there today. That’s when I discovered Webtoons and Tapas , two platforms dedicated to people sharing their own webcomics. I’ve always loved comic strips and old dime-store comics. Growing up, I wanted to create something like Garfield —simple stories about everyday life and the funny things that happen. My biggest challenge was always writing. I found out about the comic series American Elf by James Kochalka , an indie comic artist who created daily diary comics. Each day, he drew a comic strip about his life. This approach seemed perfect for me! Every day, I’d come home and tell my wife about some silly, funny, or weird thing that happened at work. I thought, “Why not turn these stories into comics?” I could use myself as the main character and just write and draw one strip a day. It seemed like a solid plan! I planned to use my sketchbook as a diary, creating one fo...
