This quote also highlights the non-work part of a life and how important it is to the whole (self-care, caretaking, health, car stuff, etc. can demand attention as soon as you commit to a weekly goal for your long-form, gorgeous creative pursuits.

Recent post excerpt from SAW Instructor Jess Ruliffson in our Six-Month Graphic Novel Intensive on process and creating “timeless and honest work that that sits on the waves of the shifting currents.”

What’s been going on at SAW lately? Check out what we’ve all been up to the last few weeks with the SAW gang, SAW courses, and the Mighty Network groups!

Okay, so we’ve been a little lax when it comes to our Mighty Network roundup (stay tuned for news of our newest year-long intensive students), but never fear, we’re back and here’s the latest wrap up, with all the best content you might have missed over the last couple of weeks.

This week on SAW's Mighty Network we’ve built new worlds, challenged ideas of self, reflected on everything we’ve in the last six months, all from hundreds of different locations all around the world.

Back again with a wrap-up of SAW’s Mighty Network.

We’re a little late with our Mighty Network weekly round-up, but we promise we’ve been using our time wisely and keeping very, very busy. Here’s our latest recap. Enjoy!

I've been realizing lately why we tell our stories. It's to take our narrative for ourselves. And especially, to find continuity in our lives.

I was in the studio of cartoonist Brian Sendelbach in 1993, fretting about my latest mini-comic, when he stopped me and gave me the best piece of advice anybody has ever given me.

The best rejection letter I ever got came from an editor who was hiring all my friends for a hip anthology in the 90s. I had made a somewhat popular 50-page comic at this point, and thought anyone should hire me. 

A lot of people spend SO MUCH TIME DESIGNING THEIR CHARACTERS and worrying about everything looking PERFECT- but maybe it doesn’t matter at all!