EPISODE 137: MR. LOVENSTEIN

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is J.L WESTOVER AKA MR. LOVENSTEIN! MR. LOVENSTEIN is a writer and comic artist who released one collection of Mr. Lovenstein comics, Failure, with a second volume, Feelings, available for pre-order. Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Mr. Lovenstein about GETTING HIS START IN COMICS, STUDYING FINE ARTS, REACHING FINANCIAL STABILITY WITH HIS COMICS, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google Jamboard, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ► https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://twitter.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat SEAN! ► https://twitter.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest!

J.L. WESTOVER (MR. LOVENSTEIN) ► https://www.instagram.com/mrlovenstein/

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► https://www.patreon.com/mrlovenstein

► https://www.twitch.tv/mrlovenstein

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0:00 Intro 1:58 Starting comics 14:05 Goals 23:49 Studying fine arts 34:30 Taking comics seriously 36:33 Airb&b stories 39:33 Money making 1:01:29 Going from surviving to comfortable 1:18:28 Creative block 1:30:47 Writing process 1:48:19 Starting a webcomic tips 1:55:58 Least fav comic 2:02:53 Shenanigans