A Cartoonist’s Diary

Reflecting on the ten day retreat, Melanie Gillman has a message for artists, and it’ll probably sound a little familiar.

It’s okay to question whether or not we have a future when you’re standing in the consequences of the past.

The history that surrounds is one of extreme change, but it often requires a tour guide to decipher the signs. Melanie Gillman has a good one!

It’s not all turkeys, coyotes and good dogs out there in the mesa–things can get positively reptilian, and often in the most unexpected places.

In the neverending battle between bird and coyote, one laughing avian has them all figured out.

You can get a patent on anything, it would seem: but that’s what you SHOULD do when you find something that works 100% of the time!

If you don’t feel it in the gut when you read “it’ll be worth it”, than pal, you might want to head back to the soul factory and ask for a replacement. The one you got is broken.

Sometimes, you can open your window and tell your caterwauling neighbors to keep it down. Other times? Best to leave things alone and count to ten.

Cartoonist Melanie Gillman is on their way to the White Leaves Artist Residency–but first, they’ve got to learn the rules of the land. Then, creation can commence!