#nate's cartooning masterclass

[coconuttyglittersmurf]

[comicsispeople]

(via 2022 Year in Review: Best Cartoonist)

Stevenson’s weekly comic strip “I’m Fine I’m Fine Just Understand” remains an regular online pit stop for yours truly, an often hilarious, sometimes haunting insight into his life, reflecting on his hopes, dreams, anxieties and regrets, as well as anything major he’s been up to (like… seeing a hiker with two Mountain Dews in his pocket, or more sincerely, his experiences undergoing gender transition.) His cartoons are so deceptively simple looking, resembling schoolboy ramblings interspersed with doodles of his fiery little alter-ego, but they’re really masterclasses in how much comedy in comics depends on abrupt pacing, and it makes it all the more impactful when he deploys shadows and color, or more realistic renderings of what he’s pondering.

Congrats, @gingerhaze! If you haven’t read it yet, I’m Fine I’m Fine Just Understand is an incredible look into Nate’s creative process and his personal life. (And, at times, it’s laugh-out-loud funny.)