Occupation: Cartoonist Birth: June 22, 1972
I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils..
Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke..
The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person..
The thing I hear about a lot is when people over-sharpen their pencil with a single-blade pocket-sharpener and then when they put the pencil to the p….
To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a good job. Especially if you're talking about r….
I've been really surprised about a lot of the negative comments about artisanal pencil sharpening. Like, it really rubs some people the wrong way..
I don't think I would've ever dared dreaming of becoming a professional cartoonist. I wouldn't set myself up for that disappointment..
I'd always been really intimidated by prose writing..
Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth..
I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat..
I feel like really thinking about art and really appreciating it and learning the language of it just makes you more of a connoisseur. I believe that..
People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those people realize that m….
The thing that was interesting to me about Relationshapes - as opposed to most of the other cartoons I've ever made - was I knew when one worked and ….
I hardly ever use pencils. I'm left-handed and it's really messy if you're left-handed because of the graphite smudging. I use them more now than I u….
The time that I would spend revisiting my old Get Your War On strips is more profitably spent Googling myself and reading comments about how people h….
It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.'.
Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are..
Nobody could be a professional cartoonist, because you have to do something you don't like to do in order to be a responsible adult and pay the rent..
The type of pop culture that is honestly very moving and powerful to me is [when artists] do their homework. They make it real..
I like to do things that are new, where I feel the sense of discovery..
I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun..