Given the chance, Bored Panda reached out to Amir Lopez, an artist who found his calling in the world of webcomics during a period of free time a few years ago.
Lopez shared his initial attraction to webcomics, stating, "I was drawn to the world of webcomics as I was following a couple of webcomic artists and figured I can do these myself. Furthermore, I used to write a lot creatively when I was younger, so I found webcomics as a way to write again and try something new."
Discussing his creative process, the artist told us, "In my writing process, I generally spend 1-2 hours writing every day. Half of the ideas are garbage and the other half are not. I then refine the writing during that session or in future sessions. I then take the final comic scripts and work with my illustrator, who brings them to life, visually. We then refine the illustration and text as needed."
On the evolution of his content, he explained, "I started out writing relationship comics, but that eventually evolved into writing about anything that I found and can make amusing. That evolution came about as I started learning what people liked, and that led me to broaden the topics I wrote about."
Reflecting on moments of success, he noted, "Generally, when my comics started popping up in news and pop-culture publications, when celebrities were sharing them, and my comics were being used as meme templates, is when I started feeling successful. I found these all as prime examples that my comics were resonating with people, and that’s what I was aiming for."
Looking to the future, Lopez teased, "I have this comic project in my mind that I’ve been thinking about for a while. I won’t share what it is to save the surprise, but that will be the next one."
Lastly, regarding motivation and overcoming writer's block, Amir shared his optimistic outlook, "I love comics so I don’t ever get de-motivated. The challenge is finding time to do them. There are writer's block challenges, but the way to get through those is just to work through all that rut, writing bad jokes, until the good ideas start flowing again."
