Passive income: NO

Earning passive income as a cartoonist is challenging and rare. Most cartoonists do not achieve passive income solely from their work without branching into related income streams. To make it passive, one would need to create a system where their work continuously generates revenue without active involvement, such as licensing characters or comics, creating a successful webcomic with ad revenue, or selling merchandise. However, these require significant upfront effort and are not guaranteed to succeed. Most people do not reach this level, and it is typically only a few outliers who do. Many aspiring cartoonists fall for the myth that simply creating content will lead to passive income, but in reality, it requires strategic planning and often diversifying income streams.