History Webcomic / SoYoureACartoonist

* SmallNameBigEgo

* BrokenAesop: His comics about how awful women and LGBT people being harassed is can feel insincere when you know that anytime someone in either group criticised or disagreed with him, Andrew's responses were more venomous, condescending or an outright attack compared to male critics.
* CantTakeCriticism: He takes offence not just to negative comments, but also many well-meaning positive ones as well if he perceives it as insulting.

* BerserkButton: Preston's is (or was) artists thinking they can skip learning the basics because they [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/the-manga-artist draw manga]]. In fact manga and anime seem to be Berserk Buttons for him in general.

* BrokenAesop: His comics about how awful women and LGBT people being harassed is can feel insincere when you know that anytime someone in that group criticised or disagreed with him, Andrew's responses were more venomous, condescending or an outright attack compared to male critics.
* CantTakeCriticism: Takes offence not just to negative comments, but also many well meaning positive ones as well if he perceives it as insulting.

Until June 2015 it was available on the artist's Website/DeviantArt page but is now only being updated on his website. Unfortunately it went on hiatus since 2017.

Until June 2015 it was available on the artist's Website/DeviantArt page but is now only being updated on his website.

%%* BrokenAesop: His comics about how awful women and LGBT people being harassed is can feel insincere when you know that anytime someone in that group criticised or disagreed with him, Andrew's responses were more venomous, condescending or an outright attack compared to male critics.

%%* SmallNameBigEgo

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: There is a strip about a ComicBook/PowerGirl cosplayer getting harrased, and Dobson potrays himself as saving that poor girl from the man by violently attacking him with a bat. The strip is based on a real life incident where a Power Girl cosplayer allowed herself to be taken photos, and no harrasment whatsoever happened to her. A photo of [[https://www.reddit.com/r/kotakuinaction2/comments/dkw1gd/the_motivation_of_andrew_dobsons_comic_stripe/ of the event can be found with Andrew Dobson in the background]].

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: He's pretty surprised to hear years later that his old roommate now works at {{Creator/Disney}}.

* AuthorAvatar: Tom Preston a.k.a Andrew Dobson, is the protagonist of the comic. He originally represented himself with a cartoon representation of him, then a younger looking man, only to end up as a small, blue anthropomorphic bear.

* DumbBlond: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemetery/comments/6xhv1r/lesbian_kick/ In a strip]] of ''Webcomic/SoYoureACartoonist'', author Andrew Dobson depicts the winner of a beauty contest, who is blond, as a dumb broad. The woman is asked what her opinion is on gay marriage, and the woman, in her stupidity, mumbles that "marriage is like between a man and a woman", only for main character Atea to kick her yelling "Lesbian kick!" because she can't stand ignorance. The audience then congratulates her for her assault.\\

* AccentuateTheNegative: Both Preston and his critics.

* AnnoyingArrows: [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/treasure Here]].

* AsideGlance: Done sometimes.
* AuthorAvatar: Tom Preston a.k.a Andrew Dobson. As a small, blue anthropomorphic bear.

* BigNo: [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/persistent-pam-is-persistent Here]].
* BlackBeadEyes: One-shot characters often have them.
* BrainBleach: Google images can be [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/reference treacherous]].

* CausticCritic: Preston has both tangled with them over his own work and been one himself.

* FlatWhat: [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/no-morals Twice in one page.]]
* FormFittingWardrobe: Mocked [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/how-to-design-a-superhero-costume here]] and [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/suck-it-up here]].
* FourFingeredHands: Humans have five, [[FunnyAnimal funny animals]] have four.
* FunnyAnimal: Preston's later blue bear appearance.
* {{GIFT}}: He's [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/bingo made a bingo card]].
* HeadDesk: He has a [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/headdesk list]].
* HypocrisyNod: [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/mistakes Here]].
* ImagineSpot

* LimitedWardrobe: Before he became a bear anyway.
* MaleGaze: Preston is [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/pandering-gaze not a fan when it reaches a pandering level]].
* MessageInABottle: Played with [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/sos-bottle here]].
* {{Nerd}}: Tom Preston and a lot of his customers are out and proud nerds.

* OhCrap: Preston has had a few. Usually related to looming deadlines.
* PottyEmergency: [[http://tompreston.deviantart.com/art/SYAC-Bathroom-Breaks-196789138 Here.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After one of his [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] (misogyny) finally [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/over-and-out breaks him]].
* StuffedInTheFridge: Mocked mercilessly [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/near-mrs here]].
* TakeThat: Against [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/textbook-example George Lucas]].
* TheWarOnStraw: One of the biggest criticisms of the comic is Preston's use of [[StrawMan Straw Men]] to represent those who disagree with him. A rather infamous example can be seen [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/flame here]].
* WingdingEyes: [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/star-struck Here]].
* YaoiFangirl: Emily is [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/stay-frosty one]].
* YouGetMeCoffee: PlayedForLaughs [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/intern here.]]

* SmallNameBigEgo

* {{Animesque}}: The girl in [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/subverted-expectations this strip]].

Both Preston himself and ''[=SYAC=]'' are [[{{Understatement}} controversial]] among many circles, so please [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment exercise discretion]].

''[[http://www.syacartoonist.com/ So...You're A Cartoonist?]]'' is a {{webcomic|s}} started by Tom Preston (real name Andrew Dobson) in 2011. [=SYAC=] is a comedic autobiographical comic about Tom Preston’s life as an unemployed cartoonist and the challenges he faces day-to-day both on and off net.

!! ''So...You're A Cartoonist?'' contains examples of:

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* BlackBeadEyes: One shot characters often have them.

* AuthorAvatar: Tom Preston a.k.a Andrew Dobson.

* [[invoked]]CaptainObviousAesop: Brought up in [[http://tompreston.deviantart.com/art/Quote-Unquote-368116247 this strip]]. Andrew says he's thinking of making a comic addressing terrorism or gun control. His friend argues that criticizing something everyone already hates takes no real effort. Andrew thus decides to give himself a challenge and deliberately unleash a flame war... about [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].

* CaptainObviousAesop: Brought up in [[http://tompreston.deviantart.com/art/Quote-Unquote-368116247 this strip]]. Andrew says he's thinking of making a comic addressing terrorism or gun control. His friend argues that criticizing something everyone already hates takes no real effort. Andrew thus decides to give himself a challenge and deliberately unleash a flame war... about [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].

* CaptainObiviousAesop: Brought up in [[http://tompreston.deviantart.com/art/Quote-Unquote-368116247 this strip]]. Andrew says he's thinking of making a comic addressing terrorism or gun control. His friend argues that criticizing something everyone already hates takes no real effort. Andrew thus decides to give himself a challenge and deliberately unleash a flame war... about [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].

Until June 2015 it was available on the artist's Website/DeviantArt page but is now only being updated on his website. You can donate to his patreon [[https://www.patreon.com/ADobsonComics?ty=h here]].

* TakeThat:
** [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/mascotchistic Towards GamerGate]].
** And to [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/textbook-example George Lucas]].