B2B Exposed

B2B Exposed

Matt Zalen is the creator of "Back 2 Basics," a self-syndicated cartoon about an eccentric family living in a world which is even crazier than ours. Since first being published in November 2007, the strip has been picked up by 16 papers, making it one of the most popular self-syndicated features of the year.

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Jun

Cartoons aren't always real

mzalen, B2B Exposed

Okay, let me just make something clear: My father never got kicked out of any retirement home, my wife likes him, and she has never thrown me or him out of the house and forced us to sleep in a tent.

Now for those of you who read the Back 2 Basics comic which appeared in this week’s Spotlight, you’ll know what I’m talking about. For those of you who haven’t, what I just said will make no sense. So go read the comic, then come back and finish this blog.

Good, now that we’re all on the same page, you’re probably wondering why I felt the need to clarify these points. After all, we’re talking about a comic which is obviously fictional, right?

Wrong...

Week 3 comic of Back 2 Basics

CATEGORY: General Society

TAGS: funny, matt zalen, back 2 basics, comics

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Jun

Only crazy people are perfect

mzalen, B2B Exposed

The term “perfectionist” is applied way too loosely nowadays. For me, I started using it when I first began thinking about professional cartooning. And to an extent, I was justified.

Back then, a little over ten years ago, I would fill spiral notebooks with ideas, jotting down dialogue and matching certain words or lines with quick sketches of facial expressions which I felt captured the moment perfectly. I would sit on the ideas awhile – sometimes a few days, other times weeks or months – then I would go back, rework the words, smooth things out, and then draw a rough draft. The draft I would show to a small group of friends and family whose humor I trusted to be a good barometer for the general population, and I would gauge their reactions...

Back 2 Basics comic from Week 4

CATEGORY: General Society

TAGS: Matt Zalen, Back 2 Basics, comic, cartoon, strip, funny

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