Kan’t Draw Komics 1

by | Jan 5, 2019 | Kan't Draw Komics, On Writing

I’ve always been a terrible artist, and here’s a story to prove it.

In grade one, I came home with a D on my report card. It was in Reading Comprehension. Oh, I could read, but I couldn’t prove that I could understand what I’d read. This was because my grade-one teacher had decided to test our comprehension by asking us to draw pictures of what we’d read, and I refused to draw any people or animals. Why? Because I couldn’t draw them perfectly. So my reading-comprehension drawings had little or no resemblance to the stories.

Fast forward a year or so, and I’m at the kitchen table attempting to draw a squirrel. (At least I got past the refusing-to-draw-animals stage.) Anyway, I’m frustrated because I can’t get my squirrel right, so I ask my mother for help. She draws her version of a squirrel, teaching me how to make a body first, then add the head, ears, fluffy tail and paws. I said to my mother, “If you can’t draw a squirrel, why didn’t you say so?”

Ouch. Sorry, mom.

I suppose I’m a terrible artist because I haven’t tried to learn much about it. I’ve stayed stuck in perfectionism, which is a big block to creativity. But recently, I’ve felt the urge to share some of my writing tips in comic form, mostly because we live in a visual world, and I want to share in that. The only problem? Yes, you got it. I can’t draw.

Or can’t I?

This post is my official launch of Kan’t Draw Komics. I’ve decided that, not only am I going to attempt to draw my Komics, I’m going to share them with the world. Yes, I can only draw stick people. Yes, I’m afraid you will think I’m ridiculous. But I’ve decided that looking ridiculous is a risk I’m willing to take.

Here, folks, is my first comic. Enjoy! No please, really, do try to enjoy it!