Who In Your Life Is/Was The Most Supportive Of Your Art? - Cartoonist Survey Answers Compiled

In honor of today's compiled answers to the question, "Who In Your Life Is/Was The Most Supportive Of Your Art?" I thought I would share some pertinent quotes that I like...

"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. " - Cadet Maxim

"Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's." - Billy Wilder

"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts." - Unknown

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." - Mother Theresa

And now here are the compiled answers to the question, Who In Your Life Is/Was The Most Supportive Of Your Art?

The results are based on the answers provided by the first 100 cartoonists/artists.

Spouse - 25
Parents - 14
Everyone - 11
Mom - 9
Family - 8
Myself - 6
Brother - 2
Colleagues - 2
Dad - 2
Didn't provide an answer - 2
Grandfather - 2
High School Art teacher - 2
Agent - 1
Bob Roth and Bob McCamant - 1
Childhood friend - 1
Clients - 1
High School English teacher - 1
Everyone but Robert Mankoff - 1
Friends - 1
Grandmother - 1
Grandmothers - 1
Harvey Kurtzman - 1
John Glynn and David Stanford - 1
Mary Votano - 1
No One - 1
Publisher - 1
Sister - 1