I have drawn a lot of cartoons/comics (I use the terms interchangeably) over the last decade. Most are on topics related to evaluation, research, data visualization, and design.
Just about every blog post I share on freshspectrum includes at least one cartoon. Some include lots. Outside of this blog, you’ll also find my cartoons in other people’s presentations, books, blog posts, and on office walls worldwide.
*I use the terms cartoons/comics interchangeably.
About those cartoons, umm, can I use one in a…
So I creative commons license all of my cartoons. So yes, you can use them.
Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
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But what if it’s commercial?
Reach out to me on LinkedIn and ask, I may just say yes. Note: I don’t like signing long legal documents, reviewing contracts is not worth the small budgets publishers pay to license.
How do I give you money/show support?
Two ways.
- Support me on Patreon by choosing one of the monthly paid tiers.
- Refer people to my data design workshops.
Where do I read all your cartoons?
My cartoons are scattered across the web and you’ll find a lot of them illustrating my blog posts here at freshspectrum.com.
Starting in 2025 I’ve decided to start posting all my comics directly on my Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/c/freshspectrum) which you can now follow for free!
I also try to keep all my cartoons together in a personal dropbox folder. Sometimes there is a delay and I occasionally miss cartoons I’ve shared. But it still includes thousands of comics, and you can gain FREE access to that dropbox folder by just signing up for my Data Visualization Made Easy newsletter.
Do you have a book?
I have one, it’s filled with over a hundred audience favorites. You’ll find it on Amazon and some other booksellers.