I'm a Baby!
Eric gives Stephen's words the Dr Seuss treatment
Recently Stephen used the phrase “because I’m a baby” multiple times when explaining to me how/why he went about day-to-day activities and interactions with people in the ways that he did. I thought that phrase was really interesting and perfectly captured how Stephen is feeling lately, so I suggested that he write something using it as a jumping off point. Despite the fact that the process of writing for Stephen is very slow and becoming more and more challenging, he continues to have enthusiasm for it - so he said he would give it a shot.
About a week later, Stephen emailed me a big paragraph he wrote based on my prompt. I love what Stephen wrote! It is honest and brave and creative and fun. The words feel like those of a classic children’s book and so I chose to lay them out and draw this comic in a Seussian style. Enjoy!
(NOTE: I am sharing this comic as tight pencils which I do before I do final inking.)
This is so powerfully gorgeous. Thank you so much to Stephen for writing it, and to Eric Bigperson for drawing it. I think it’s able to get in so deep because it seems simple on the surface. Much love to all of you. This is such a brilliant collaboration.
Thank you Stephen for sharing. Your honesty and openness is what the world needs more of!