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Dan Rosandich, Freelance Cartoonist

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The work of successful freelance cartoonist Dan Rosandich makes us smile and giggle from the pages of popular and prominent magazines, web sites and books. Reader's Digest, Woman's World, Saturday Evening Post, a long list of book publications including Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and so many more, feature this inspiring cartoonist's delightful work.

Dan generously gave his time to answer a few questions for The Cartoonists. (Actually, more than a few questions....) His details and professional advice about working in the cartooning field are enlightening and fascinating.

Now, let's meet Rosandich, Freelance Cartoonist:

When and where were you born, Dan?

July 21, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan (Robin Williams also born July 21st)

What type of work did your parents do?

My mom is retired from motel housekeeping and my dad passed away unexpectedly last summer. He worked at a paper mill.

Are other members of your family creative?

No, and I realize that is unusual although I always remember my grandma was sketching women's faces on scrap paper

When did you start cartooning?

At around age 5, I recall being able to make my aunt Pearl and her husband Ed laugh when I could draw animals like elephants etc. on pieces of paper. I also drew my own trains and did the engine on one single piece of paper, a boxcar on another, a flatcar on another etc. and a caboose, then lined them all up on the floor like it was a train going somewhere...I guess I was always enthralled by trains. From that early age, I don't recall ever stopping drawing or leaving pencils or pens alone. Oddly enough, I was never the child who drew on walls...I didn't begin doing that until I started entering adulthood.

Was cartooning your career goal?

Yes, in some way, I knew I wanted to rely on drawing as my livelihood and planned on cartooning in some specific way to carry me through life but wasn't sure how I would work it

Did you study art in school or start down another path?

I never studied art per se but was very interested in the actual "creative process", in essence, how putting one single line on paper, then connecting it to another coinciding line helped to form a visual & recognizable form. It always interested me and I recall browsing through books of old paintings (not just cartoons or funny pictures) but any specific type of artistically created visual piece. I think having a deep interest in the creative process itself, in that way, will help someone who is creative get a handle on whether or not they're cut out to be an artist, cartoonist or whatever you decide to take up in the art world.

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