Your Creative Push

Tom Hart is a cartoonist and the Executive Director of The Sequential Artists Workshop, a school and arts organization in Gainesville, Florida. He is also the author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller, Rosalie Lightning, a book about the loss of his daughter. Rosalie Lightning has been translated into French, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese, and was featured on many best of 2016 lists, and nominated for two Eisner Awards. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/tomhart In this episode, Tom discusses: -His early love of Peanuts and the exuberance, confusion and anger that Charles Shultz was able to convey through his characters. -His artistic educational journey. -How Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics changed the way he thought about approaching comics. -How he was able to continue working on comics through his initial artistic shortcomings. -Following your instincts. -His own push towards creating comic strips. -Dealing with adversity, setbacks and failures in an extremely difficult and frustrating