Hi, I’m Peta Manning, the cartoonist behind seemedoodle. I’ve loved drawing cartoons since I was a kid, long before I knew what a punchline was supposed to do.
I went off and studied Film and TV at RMIT, thinking I’d spend my life telling stories on screens, mostly comedies. Then ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) arrived, and I had to step away from that world. I still battle it every day, but cartooning became the thing I could return to. It felt like coming home to something familiar and a bit ridiculous in the best way.
I love the absurd, the nonsensical, the tiny truths hiding inside a joke. A single cartoon feels like a small moment of honesty pretending to be silly. That combination is what keeps me drawing.
My hope is that these small odd moments make you smile, or think, or simply feel a little less alone in the weirdness of everyday life.