Sarah Andersen at Lucca Comics & Games in 2016.Īndersen started creating and uploading Sarah's Scribbles on Tumblr in 2013. Andersen said in 2016 she mainly gains inspiration from her own life and from seeing what people on the internet are thinking and feeling. The comic has also been described as a satire of "toxic masculinity" by some sources. One comic shows Andersen 'borrowing' a sweater from her boyfriend other topics include being made to feel inadequate by fitness fanatics, dreading Mondays, considering matching socks an achievement while former school friends raise children. Īndersen's webcomic follows the messy-haired protagonist, who has to deal with social anxiety, body image issues and laziness.
I feel like calling her Sarah within the panels has this strange effect of making her more of an individual and less relatable." Andersen has deliberately chosen not to publish photographs of her face, instead opting to present herself through her black-haired character. Andersen has said that the main character is "technically" called Sarah, as the character is her, but she avoids using her name, saying: "I feel like people project themselves onto her. The Independent described Sarah's Scribbles as "relatable comics capturing the dilemmas of a bug-eyed millennial who feels ill-equipped for grown-up life." The webcomic is semi-autobiographical, following Andersen's experiences as well as those of her friends and pets. Andersen described millennials as "liking to laugh at themselves," making common use of self-deprecating humour. Sarah's Scribbles focuses on adulthood and the maturity of the millennial generation.
Andersen has published four print collections of the webcomic: Adulthood is a Myth Big Mushy Happy Lump Herding Cats and Oddball. The comic receives millions of views on the Tapas platform and has won multiple Goodreads Choice Awards and a Ringo Award. Sarah's Scribbles follows Andersen's experiences as a millennial and focuses on themes such as adulthood and maturity. Andersen initially published the webcomic on Tumblr, but has since released it on various services, such as Facebook, Instagram, Tapas and her own website. Sarah's Scribbles is a webcomic by Sarah Andersen started in 2011. Cover of the first print edition of Sarah's Scribbles, Adulthood is a Myth
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