Why Comic Book Creator Refused to Give Up on Childhood Dream

From the age of nine, I dreamed of being the Stan Lee of my own comic company. The Hard Knock Academy did what it could to crush that dream, and it almost succeeded. But the flame would just not quit smoldering. In 2010, I self-published my first novel. In time, that grew into a trilogy and all three books would go on to become #1 bestsellers in multiple Amazon categories. I enjoyed more modest success as a prose author, but I never gave up on the sequential art medium—at least as a fan. In the midst of the Covidiocy lockdowns, that old comic book flame reignited. I still remembered most of the characters I conceived, and an idea for a sprawling superhero epic that I never began. youtube.com/watch?v=VZyB1qpo1Cw&feature=youtu.be Over the years, when driving long distances or performing mono