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From a 2013-07-24 interview by Jamal Registre, of Danielle Corsetto, author/artist of Girls With Slingshots"
| Jamal Registre: | You've been doing this for almost ten years. In that time, you've introduced characters like Clarice, a domme librarian, and Erin, Jamie's asexual girlfriend. Do you draw on real life for your characterizations? How does everyone develop? |
| Danielle Corsetto: | I can't decide if most of my friends are a little unusual in some way (sexual orientations, lifestyles, careers, etc.), or if I just happen to notice the more unusual people among my friends, but it feels completely natural to include characters who fall outside of the 'norm.' In fact, I have a hard time writing my hetero monogamous characters. From what I can tell, I'd say about half the population is fairly 'normal' (and that's being generous). The other half -- the half less represented, perhaps because we're too diverse -- is kinky, poly, gay, trans, physically challenged, asexual, or otherwise 'odd.' Since I can barely understand 'normal' people, this strip is about (and for) all the oddballs out there. |
[This parallels something I've pondered for years. Is my life really as interesting and as strange, and my friends so much larger-than-life, as some folks' reactions to my anecdotes often suggest, or is it just that I notice these things and recall them in conversation later? Perhaps it's a bit of both -- I do know some really fascinating people (two of whom share a birthday today!), but I may also have a quirky way of seeing things (like a lot of my friends do), and notice interesting details of events to retell later.]