It seems that of course he loved being a comics artist —after a stint in commercial art where he seemed to be doing well, he returned to comics.
I still have my question about what kind of living beyond enjoying the work. Chip Zdarsky outed himself and highly likely many, many more admitting that he could afford to work in comics full time because he had a wife well enough employed herself.
I confess; I’m obsessed with the whole question of making a living in comics and actually the entire issue of the economics of both comics and working in comics.
Specially given Big 2 economics such as I perceive them, I ever, always wonder how making a living tracks with an artist’s career.
So how did it track for Norm, going from Batman to independents to commercial work back to comics and Archie.
TBH, I’m inclined to pin his early passing (and the stroke maybe more so) on the stresses of making a living in the funny book business.
So how wrong and full of 5#!^ am I here re Norm?
I know why he had a stroke, it wasn't the stresses of his job. He loved drawing, he really did. I'll write about the stroke, and what caused it, soon.
It seems that of course he loved being a comics artist —after a stint in commercial art where he seemed to be doing well, he returned to comics.
I still have my question about what kind of living beyond enjoying the work. Chip Zdarsky outed himself and highly likely many, many more admitting that he could afford to work in comics full time because he had a wife well enough employed herself.
I confess; I’m obsessed with the whole question of making a living in comics and actually the entire issue of the economics of both comics and working in comics.
That Archie work is beautiful.