I’ve decided that after I , I’m gonna try and become a proffesional cartoonist, for comics and the occasional MTV 2 or Adult Swim show. How much would a career in professional cartooning pay?

Also, if you’re curious about why I chose MTV2 or Adult Swim, I mean because they can take curse words and aren’t afraid to suck it up, UNLIKE THE IDIOTS ON NICKELODEON AND THE RETARDED MONKEYS WHO RUN CARTOON NETWORK (kids Cartoon Network), OR EVEN THE BRAINWASHED DRUG ADDICTS WHO WORK DISNEY CHANNEL. And God help me if I have to write for Toon Disney. I would kill myself if I had to.

I just want a career for NON-CHILDISH cartoons. Nor completely dirty adult ones. Something like Simpsons or Family Guy or American Dad.

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  • Sam Jobs 5:39 am on April 29, 2010 Permalink |

    Cartooning is a bright career and they are paid high salary but only if any one wants to be a professional.

  • dr_drawsalot 4:20 am on April 29, 2010 Permalink |

    First, decide if what you really want to be is a cartoonist or just an illustrator. Cartoonists write and draw their own humor. Illustrators merely draw other peoples ideas and writings.

    If you really want to see if you’ve got what it takes, try submitting single panel color cartoons (with or without captions) to Hustler magazine, or some of the greeting card companies such as Nobleworks, Inc. who use edgy or "risque" humor. You’ll make a few bucks, it will give you a lesson in how to create an idea, how to present it, how to write humor, and how to find your way around a joke. Cartooning is not an easy business, but it can be quite profitable, if you have the right stuff and can be self-disciplined and self-motivating. Generally those who simply illustrate or draw other people’s humor don’t make as much as cartoonists who can write and draw their own humor. I’ve been at it, full time for 30 years, and don’t regret a minute of it. Cartooning, for the right person, is the best job in the world.