Long Story Short ★SCOTT CHANTLER

How did this CREATIVE build an historically renowned COMICS CAREER?

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Hailing from Canada, comics creator SCOTT CHANTLER found his calling and hasn’t let up off the gas since. Join us as we explore what it takes to become a comic artist whose career has taken him from historical graphic novels to fantastical worlds beyond.

BTP: Having grown up across the St. Lawrence from Cornwall, Ontario, I’ve literally felt pretty close to much of Canadian culture. How has growing up in Deep River, Ontario shaped your outlook on life, comics, and specifically storytelling?

CHANTLER: I don’t remember Deep River all that well…we moved from there when I was four to southwestern Ontario, where I’ve lived since then. I have a complicated relationship with small towns, but I grew up in them and am now back in one. I like their quirkiness, and that you can get to know every bit of the place. I’m working (slowly) on a personal project that rolls a lot of my experiences in small Canadian towns into one story. It’s not a memoir but feels like one sometimes.

Canada, in general, punches above its weight in the animation and cartooning worlds. I think it’s partly the long winters…lots of time to work on your craft! But I think part of it is also the sense of ironic detachment that comes with living next to the U.S. We’re immersed in their culture but also separate from it. There’s an outsider quality to a lot of Canadian art, which I guess is probably true of my work as well.