The many hats of a cartoonist veterinarian

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On this week's episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, is joined by successful author, cartoonist, and practicing veterinarian, Greg Bishop, DVM. Bishop shares how he came to love drawing, his passions for storytelling and comedy, and when he knew he wanted to become a veterinarian. He advocates for the importance of humor, and believes that everybody has creativity inside of them.

Below is a partial transcript

Adam Christman, DVM, MBA: Yeah, I love that. And the fact that you can bring 2 of your favorite worlds into 1 is pretty amazing, you know, in drawing or whatnot. I'm looking at one of [your cartoons] that says, "Get the calipers and clear my afternoon," and it's a dog that's got all of these lumps and bumps on it... I think that's hilarious. So, what resonated with you... how did you find your niche and be like, "Okay, cartoon drawing is where I wanted to go?"

Greg Bishop, DVM: Well, I love humor. I really loved, in [veterinary] school, some of just the funniest people I'd ever met became really good friends. We would actually, in school, make little videos, you know, to entertain the class... we made music videos and stuff like that... I mean, I would write sketches for these, the whole school would come down, and we would screen it in the big lecture hall. So, I just thought, you know, there's a need for that. There's a need for laughter. Weirdly enough, it took me 10 years [of] being in practice to feel like I could [do this], [and that I] had enough to say, in a way that I could be entertaining.