I'm glad it worked out for you!  My first mistake didn't care a thing about my dreams and she had none.  Never again will I let anyone stop me from reaching for the sky.  I settled for a job in electronics.  In hindsight and regret, I wish I had used that money to go to the Joe Kubert School of Comics.  I'd have ended up fired with the other greats of the day when DC cleaned house but I would've lived my dream.  Still I shoulda went for it.  Like Margaritaville, I'd like to blame a woman but I know it's my own fault.

Decades pass. Then after reading my favorite X-Men comic with Jim Lee art, I thought, good story but maybe I'd like to tell my own story and I picked up a pencil again.  The Art was good but I finally realized what a tremendous undertaking it is to make your own comic without a sponsor.  I found Poser and I never looked back.  I make corrections, do my own expressions, recolor and I get to tell a story.  Like anything, the longer you do it, the better you get at it.  When I see what I did in 2008 versus now, I shudder at the coloring, ink work and mistakes.  Luckily I found a small audience that help support me in my endeavors and have helped in my story telling.  I didn't even know what a Mary Sue was!

One thing, Rokket.  The net has changed the way Comics are put together.  An Artist can live anywhere and transmit his work.  Collaboration is a hundred times easier, I wouldn't go to Marvel until they straightened themselves out internally (going by what I've read) but I still think fans are clamoring for more comics.  You never know which idea will blow up and become the next big thing for a bit.  It's enough that a guy like me can actually stand a chance to reach for the stars again.