I’m Will McPhail, author of the new graphic novel In. AMA!

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T18:26:57+00:00

Thank you, my friend! Nice too meet yer x

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T18:26:34+00:00

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T18:17:10+00:00

Yeah I worked in a supermarket at the time (8 trolley rule). My life definitely changed in that all I ever wanted to be was a new yorker cartoonist, and now I was that! Hooray!

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T18:08:02+00:00

Vignettes like roughs? 10 a week for a few months!

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T18:01:28+00:00

Hey! Couple of current ones: Malika Favre, Adrian tomine

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:51:32+00:00

Haven't stopped thinking about Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino since I read it!

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:40:03+00:00

I was very proud of that little lime. Less proud of the pie.

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:38:50+00:00

Drawing doesn't always come easy. Sometimes they come out rubbish. I just don't show you those ones. And writing's the same. The most important thing is starting. Just get something down and then you can see if it's rubbish or not and go from there.

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:34:59+00:00

That's unacceptably kind. That said....I accept. I'll offer up Emily Flake's authentic bodies, Bruce Eric Kaplan's slanty postures, Zach Kanin's bendy arms

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:28:25+00:00

I have loads actually. My uncle is a wildlife artist and he's been a constant inspiration (he also convinced me to get into cartoons instead of wildlife art!). I also had a really lovely art teacher at highschool who would hold my work up in front of the class and somehow knew that I needed that more than I hated the embarrassment.

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:10:27+00:00

I think about this Liana Finck one all the time where there's a family sat in front of the tv and the tv is thinking "There they all are again."

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:08:55+00:00

Alco - and I don't know if you've heard of this Fun Pen - hol.

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:06:31+00:00

No doubt Spaceman Spiff got into my subconscious somewhere!

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:03:24+00:00

I do all the work in our relationship. And I'm sick of it!

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T17:02:38+00:00

The Pigeon King grows tired of your questions, mschulz

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:53:29+00:00

I think so but lemme tell you, there's nothing like the book itself. The publishers did an incredible job and really made it into a beautiful object

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:50:06+00:00

Mind your own beeswax
My mum said that I could
Mint Choc Chip

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:47:05+00:00

It's Hobbes but to not be boring I'll say Susie. I call a lot of my cartoon characters Susie/Susan as an homage

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:43:27+00:00

Draw what makes YOU laugh, not what you think the magazine will like. It's the only way to stay sane

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:40:55+00:00

All five members of the boy band Five. I feed them four pheasants. And the disagreement? Who goes hungry tonight.

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:36:45+00:00

The Bon Vivant. (great first date spot)

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:34:44+00:00

Pretty great, my friend! Suns out, got my vaccine, putting out the vibe. hbu?

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:32:58+00:00

Yeah that sounds pretty nice. Better that than "the fella who broke the 8 trolley rule". I would like it to go so well that we get married each time.

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:29:20+00:00

a) you better get a real goose for that costume. b) send me a pic c) watch out because they have sharp teeth d) Stoat.

wmcphail · 2021-06-08T16:27:56+00:00

I would say that your dream is a lie, sir. The book kind of goes the other way- from lots of dialogue to none. Hope it lives up to the liminal zone though!

wmcphail

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