When Are You Going to Get a Proper Job?: Parenting and the Creative Muse
Author(s): Richy K. Chandler
"Drawing pictures all day. Nice work if you can get it, eh? I suppose you haven't had so much time to focus on a proper career..."This witty, insightful graphic novel explores the challenges faced by artists in today's society, through the life of a comics creator named Tariq. Creative block is the least of Tariq's worries, as he struggles to be a `good enough' father while pursuing a career that is underpaid and underappreciated. Swapping notes with other parents in creative professions, and driven by his artistic muse, Tariq maps out a plan for making his art and his other responsibilities work together in harmony - most of the time.
Product Information
A comic about the tension between parenting and being a creative artist with a serious underlying question about how society values the arts
Richy K. Chandler is a London-based writer and illustrator. He is the creator of the weekly webcomic Lucy the Octopus, Fairytale Manga Rosie and Jacinda and the Tempo Lush Tales contemporary comics anthologies.
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General Fields
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- : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- : Singing Dragon
- : 21 November 2017
- : 130mm X 180mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Richy K. Chandler
- : Hardback
- : Richy K. Chandler
- : 112