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cartooning is the worst #24: adding your (awesome) voice to your work

Everything I write has a bit of, well, me in it.

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Nate Fakes
May 15, 2026
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I say “awesome” voice in the title, because I don’t care who you are — you have something awesome about the way you communicate, even if it’s with smoke signals. Humans are cool like that. So, since we’re all uniquely different and have our own voice, how do you apply it to your creative work? In my case: cartooning.

And do you even need to apply it to your creative work? Ah, so many questions…

As always, I’ll break down exactly what I do. What I do isn’t always the right way for everyone, but it’s how I operate as a cartoonist, so I share what I know.

Let’s kick off (gently, of course) this shindig with…

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