When the pandemic hit, I suddenly had a lot of free time on the weekends that I normally would have used to go on dates and visit friends and family. It was a pretty bleak time, especially as a single woman living and working alone. I was completely isolated. For some reason, I felt compelled to find some humor in the situation by drawing comics in an attempt to fight the despair of quarantining alone (a bunch of my early, very rough comics on my Instagram account, @zenacomics, are about this theme specifically). I just wanted to make myself laugh, which I’ve found to be a helpful mental health tool (it’s hard to feel too down when you’re distracted laughing about something). Then I started sharing these comics with friends and family in hopes they might also get a laugh too. They were incredibly supportive and encouraged me to share my work with more people. So I started doing Zena Comics as a more regular series.
More info: Instagram | Facebook | patreon.com | twitter.com | reddit.com#1
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
And school!24ReplyView more comments
I grew up reading newspaper comics pretty obsessively, and then as a teenager got very into anime and manga. Being a comic book artist was my dream job, and though I drew a lot, I knew I didn’t have the skills. In high school and college, I got into R. Crumb and started drawing my own comics a little more (which were basically rip-offs of his). The idea of adult-themed gag, alternative, and long-form comics appealed to me, but I didn’t have the time to develop my own work much further as my life got taken up in college with more “serious” classes and then later grad school. But I never stopped reading comics, whether they were classic gag strips, manga, graphic novels, or webcomics. I think if you read them a lot, it’s hard not to see your own life and ideas framed in a similar medium, especially if you’re visually inclined. It becomes almost second nature.#2
Mintchinchilla2 days ago
doggo31ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#3
Iso2 days ago
honestly, makes sense dont it22ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
I was one of those kids who loved my art classes above everything else and drew for fun in my free time. My grandmother was an artist and always gave me her old art supplies to mess around with. Drawing was just something I could always kind-of do, though I knew my limitations. Sometimes I wish I had pursued it more seriously and learned more fundamentals (especially more life drawing), but I hated the one art class I took in college (very basic still-life drawing) and kind of walked away from it for a while. But I doodled on and off for years, and never stopped reading comics. Then fairly recently (maybe 2-3 years ago) I heard Roz Chast (the New Yorker cartoonist) give a great talk at a convention and she mentioned how much she loved her Apple pencil. That gave me the push I needed to get my own and try digital art on an iPad using the program Procreate—and I absolutely fell in love with it. It’s such a great medium, especially for cartooning.#4
Iso2 days ago
5th panel: stay there all night, slowly driving self crazy while overthinking the meaning of life28ReplyView More Replies…View more commentshttps://c037e1e2ad3ad5c9b5c898587673eac5.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html#5
angie but who cares2 days ago
yuss bob’s burgers is an addiction18ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
I like to make jokes about what the world sometimes feels like to a single, 30-something-year-old woman. The absurdity of the internet and particularly how it overlaps with sex is another topic I keep finding myself going back to. The ridiculousness of the single life! In general, I like making jokes about love and sex, especially from a woman’s perspective, which is pretty lacking in the webcomics sphere. I want to make people laugh about real things in their lives. If I’m feeling like something is absurd, maybe other people are having those thoughts too? It’s a fun way to connect with others.#6
Miranda Prince2 days ago
Nah, that’s OK, Gen X is used to being ignored.102ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#7
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
Yup!12ReplyView more comments#8
Laura Mcphellamy – Parker2 days ago
LMAO20ReplyView more comments#9
Mintchinchilla2 days ago
oop-19ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#10
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
Haha!5ReplyView more comments#11
Mintchinchilla2 days ago
CHALLAANGE ACCSPECTEDDddD32ReplyView more comments#12
Ryan Deschanel2 days ago
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𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕪𝔹𝕖𝕖2 days ago
I wish…18ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#14
Love unicorns2 days ago
Wow – so that’s what they really think of us22ReplyView more comments#15
SemelinaPitrone2 days ago
YEAH, THAT’S LIFE!14ReplyView more commentshttps://c037e1e2ad3ad5c9b5c898587673eac5.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html#16
Iso2 days ago
damn! you’re busy21ReplyView more comments#17
Zhiming Qi2 days ago
And virtual backgrounds.15ReplyView more comments#18
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago(edited)
oop… nope.12ReplyView more comments#19
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
Haha12ReplyView more comments#20
Laura Mcphellamy – Parker2 days ago
Mine is Family Guy, American Dad and Bob’s Burgers and I’m 46!16ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#21
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
oof8ReplyView more comments#22
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
hehe10ReplyView more comments#23
J. F.1 day ago
It still is, it only takes knowing the right places and avoiding the toxic areas7ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#24
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
Yup! sounds about right7ReplyView more comments#25
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
Haha!3ReplyView more commentshttps://c037e1e2ad3ad5c9b5c898587673eac5.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html#26
CrazedFalcon172 days ago
Oh hell naw11ReplyView more comments#27
Helen Haley2 days ago
Delicate balance.1ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#28
EchoRise2 days ago
Na-na-na-na dat don’t kill me, it only makes me stronger! I think *something* *something* *something idk* that’s how long I’ve been on ya. Chorus: Harder better faster stronger. Wrong song, I get it but damnit it’s a good one. Now I actually think this is about sex. (The comic one.)5ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#29
Jazzy Mc. Jaz2 days ago
Hahahaha!!!4ReplyView more comments
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