The things I'm grateful for are: I had the one thing that I feel really lucky about, which is that I made something, I made art, that truly - in a weird way - truly comforted me and comforted a lot of people. And I'm really grateful that I got to have that experience.
David ReesI've never been good at self-promotion. And my URL is really obscure. And for years and years, there was nothing about me on my website.
David ReesI had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000."
David ReesAny working cartoonist will tell you this, anybody who's working in a creative field: at some point, it's a job. You have deadlines. I think, for over a year, I refused to make them for publications, because I only wanted to make them when I wanted to make them. But at some point, I was like, "This is crazy, you have an opportunity to be a professional cartoonist.
David Rees