User talk:Ronald Wimberly

June 2023
Hello, I'm Felida97. I noticed that in this edit to Cartoonist, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Felida97 (talk) 19:50, 14 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Felida,
 * Thanks for reaching out. The removal was not a mistake. I removed the "terminology" copy because it confuses definitions. While every "cartoonist" might be considered to be a "comics artist" or a "comic book artist", not every "comics artist" or "comic book artist" is a cartoonist. The terms "comics artist", "comic book artist" refer to the picture making portion of the discipline of cartooning. You might also call them "comics illustrators". Similarly, you wouldn't call Stan Lee a cartoonist. The Calum MacKenzie quote brilliantly sums it up, later in the wiki.
 * I'm specifying because, as a cartoonist whose been working professionally for 20 years, I've experienced first hand the confusion around these terms. For instance, if am uninformed creative director reads this "terminology" copy, looking to hire a cartoonist to write and draw a comic, they may hire a comics artist who is not equipped to do the whole job of a cartoonist. I have experienced this personally.
 * I'll replace the current terminology copy with the example I've written above. Let me know what you think.
 * Side note: also, despite the citation, I have never heard anyone in the business call a writer a "graphic novelist", this may very well be the case of one academics misunderstanding of the business/art practice. Author's can write a range of things, but if they do not draw, they are not graphic novelists. So I will remove this as well.
 * Let me know what you think.
 * Sincerely,
 * Ronald Wimberly Ronald Wimberly (talk) 20:23, 18 June 2023 (UTC)