Webcomics 101

So you want a career as a cartoonist. What's the first step? The standard answer is write and draw. Practice practice practice. So I'll take a different approach. Finish high school, go to college and get your degree. What if I want to be a cartoonist, though? College is 4 years. The experience you get from college will make you well rounded and give you more life experience. The alternative is to sit in your bedroom drawing comics and realizing at age 30 your entire life experience is based on high school and 10 years locked in a room, thus your life experience is fart jokes. Get your degree. While you are in college you can hone your skill and if you are lucky get some work published by your college paper (or put your work online). But that degree is essential. Gives you a plan B.