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“My Comics Are Like A Field Guide To All My Neuroses”: 30 Cartoons By Mike Salva
Interview With Artist
Mike Salva is a Nashville-based animator, director, and writer who knows how to turn everyday life into funny, sometimes strange, moments. His animated shorts and series, like Tank Talk and Pound Dogs, mix humor with surreal and satirical twists that keep audiences entertained.
Salva also creates comics, which let him quickly capture ideas that pop up in daily life. He describes them as a way to explore “all my neuroses—social anxiety, irritation about daily annoyances, death, and elaborate worries about things that will probably never happen (but haunt me anyway),” turning personal anxieties into laughs readers can relate to.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
One of my pet peeves is the LONG wait time between seasons of some shows. (Looking at you, Stranger Things. When it starts up again, baby Holly is going to be a divorced, chain-smoking mom of two.)
Salva finds inspiration for his comics in the small, everyday moments of life. He says, “Ideas don't appear when I'm actively hunting them down; they ambush me during everyday life.” Whether it’s a funny observation while doing chores or a fleeting thought while running errands, he tries to capture it immediately before it disappears. Comics let him act on these ideas right away, unlike animation, which can take months to complete.
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Andrew Keir 3 months ago
This is why I'm tempted not to vote, more so as I grow older (and possibly wiser?)
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Auntriarch 3 months ago (edited)
When the number of passwords I needed at work passed 7, I started writing them down. Except for the main password, which I made a 35 character one.
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Many of Salva’s comics explore personal anxieties and awkward social moments. He describes them as a way to process “all my neuroses—social anxiety, irritation about daily annoyances, death, and elaborate worries about things that will probably never happen (but haunt me anyway).” Through humor, he turns these worries into something relatable that connects with readers.
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While both comics and animation allow him to tell stories, Salva enjoys the unique opportunities each medium provides. He explains, “Comics let me cr*p out one little quickie idea that happens to strike me as funny, without a massive time investment. Animation…gives me space to unfold a dopey little story that hopefully keeps people entertained for a few minutes.” Comics are fast and immediate, while animation offers a longer, more detailed narrative experience.
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Astrobloom (they/them) 3 months ago
$100?? Here in Australia tickets are about $14, which is about $7 US!
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Salva’s creative process happens in the small pockets of time he can find during daily life. He says, “My process begins with those moments when my wife isn't asking me to switch the laundry and my kids aren't demanding I do something they should definitely be handling on their own by now—that's prime comic-creating time.” Even in these brief windows, he’s able to turn fleeting thoughts into fully-formed comic ideas, proving that creativity often strikes in the most ordinary moments.
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WubiDubi 3 months ago
In Amsterdam the plane taxis about 2 miles including over a motorway. You then need a bus to get you to a terminal. Air Bridges are a rare luxury.
Don Golosso 3 months ago
At almost 7km the distance from the gate to the Polderbaan at Schiphol is much more then 2 miles, mote like 4,25 miles. Also the way you wrote inclusing over a motorway sounds like the plane has to drive the motorway. The plane actually crosses a motorway with a bridge and usually docks at the terminal, no bus needed to get from the gate to the plane.
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Joran Quinten 3 months ago
The speed of a plane on ground would be absolutely terrifying 😅
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
My brother and I used to play rock-scissors-paper-middle finger. Middle finger beat all the others.
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Andrew Keir 3 months ago
gotta love the way those bottles nestle against each other ...
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Paula Smith 3 months ago
There is only one truly beautiful baby in the world, and every mother has it.
WubiDubi 3 months ago
Babies are supposed to look cute and look like the dad for 2 weeks. They then, once dad bonded, display only maternal facial characteritics.
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Arthur Waite 3 months ago
All my life, I've gone to movies where, sometimes, as the credits roll, the audience, and I, will politely (or sometimes enthusiastically) applaud. And we know full well that the cast and crew don't hear this, it's just showing emotions in a civilized fashion. (Starting with The Wizard of Oz, I think)
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