July 7th 1960 I was born Dominic Joseph Eckstein,
everyone calls me Nick, and my good friends call me Neecko. It would be a pleasure if you call me Neecko!
My mother says I picked up doodling at about 3 months and
I have been doodling ever since. I generally doodle all day, I doodle at work,
I doodle in the house, I doodle in the car, I doodle everywhere, I even doodle
in the bedroom. Early in my years a very good friend of mine noted that I was
quite good at doodling and encouraged me to keep all my thoughts and doodles as
they may come in handy one day. Following his advice I would doodle up any
thought that would pop into my head and save them for the future. So naturally when it was time for me to go to
College I chose a degree in Commercial Art as I now had many doodles at hand
that I wished to take to the next level. A funny thing about Commercial Art is
that technically doodling does not fall in this field of study; otherwise I
feel I would have greatly succeeded. After college I also found that there are
few careers in doodling so I took a job in sales. Flash forward 30 years, add a computer
graphics program and a boat load of doodles and here I am.
Joe’s Bar was created from a single panel cartoon that I
doodled up in 2012. The cartoon was set in a bar with a drunk questioning a
clown sitting at the bar with a statement of “Hey . . . You Know What’s
Funny?”, and the caption reads “EVERYTHING!”
There’s a lot of truth in that statement and this became the premise of
my work. I somehow realized that Joe’s Bar would offer me the environment to take
basically any funny thought I had saved over the years and put it to use. I
have been doodling Joe’s Bar ever since.
1 Are you
an artist/creative person/ art admirer?
All 3 are in my genetic makeup!
2 How is
art important in people’s lives?
I mostly do humor, and love
to use my art to make people laugh. When you’re smiling you feel good!
3 Do you
have a favorite artist? Why do you like him/her?
Many, but I probably like
Picasso the best
4 What's
your favorite place to see art?
Do you have a
gallery/museum-going routine? Depending
where I’m at any museum or gallery falls into my ongoing routine
5 Do you
own any pieces of art? If so, what are they?
I do, I have a friend; whom
I feel, will be very famous for his work one day and I have started collecting
his pieces. His work is much like Jean-Michael Basquiat’s.
6 If you
are an artist,What’s your favorite piece of work that you have created?
Well that would be my
webtoon Joe’s Bar Toons. You can review
my work at www.joesbartoons.com
7 what are
you working on at the moment?
I am
continually working on my Joe’s Bar Toon as it has really taken off in just the
11 months I have been producing it. I
currently have around 12,000 total followers and average around 300,000 page
views on my website per month.
8 Do you
sell your work? If so Where all do you sell your work?
Currently no, however I do
plan on moving my webtoon into a viable financial resource shortly.
9 Do you make a living off your art?
Not as of yet, however as my
webtoon becomes more financially viable, I plan on doing it full time.
10 Do you
think your country’s government gives enough financial support to local
artists?
Yes, I believe so.
11 Do you
support local artists? If so, how?
Yes, I
belong to several artist groups, and interact with local artist whenever we
meet.
12 What are
you doing when you’re not creating? What (other) hobbies do you have?
I like all forms of exercise
and try to stay mentally and physically fit.
13 What would
people be surprised to learn about you?
That although I have been
creative from an early age Joe’s Bar Toons is my real first venture into trying
to break into the Webtoon medium. Surprised by my Success so far.
14 Technically,
what would you consider to be a piece of art? Why?
Really everything is art to
me! I find all creativity and forms
intriguing!
15 Do you
have any tips or inspiring words for others?
Stay the course, as they say
“Rome was not built in a Day! No matter
what you do you only get better with practice!
16 Where else
can we find you?
Facebook:
Joe's Bar Toons
Tapastic
and soon will be promoting myself on Patreon.
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