David’s Substack
David RickertHow to draw and write comics. Tutorials, geeky conversations, and personal faves.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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Damn you, Preston Blair
Preston Blair “Cartoon Animation” is beloved by comic creators, and rightfully so. The short book is filled with lessons on line of action, walk cycles, and poses, that work quite well for those who want to learn the craft of cartoon art, r...
Two Artists That Are My Inspiration Right Now: David Hartman and Dan Thompson
Head Heist, a graphic novel about the theft of Joseph Haydn’s skull, didn’t start out as a passion project. Two years ago, when I first started working on it, I got a lot of good feedback from people that thought it was a great idea and the...
Falling in Love With Comic Strips (Again)
Like many people, comic strips were the way I got into cartooning. For one thing, my parents subscribed to the Columbus Dispatch, so there was a steady stream of comic strips arriving to my house daily. The trade paperbacks were also ridicu...
NCS (Or How To Be A Conference Newbie)
Let’s start with the bad news. I didn’t meet Jim Davis, Dav Pilkey, or Cathy Guisewite even though I had the opportunity. I wasn’t nervous or anything—plenty of CXC conferences have cured me of that. I just thought I’d catch them the next t...
When Childhood Dreams Come True
I found this picture of me taken of me when I was 8 years old and I love it. I was already drawing, and somewhere in the Adirondacks, my favorite place on Earth. I wasn’t quite into comics and comics strips yet—that would come a few years l...
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I’m a cartoonist who writes non-fiction graphic novels for middle grade readers. My first graphic novel, ‘’Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie” was published in October 2023.
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