As all things with me when change is upon me I begin to think and review my life/career. This process had me reviewing my first career as a comic book creator. There is, and always will be always will be a soft spot in my heart for the medium. So I was was vulnerable.
Fatefully this effort was timed with the 2009 NY ComiCon happening, and the Friday of the Con weekend found me sitting in the Illustration House (www.illustrationhouse.com) meeting up with my mentor from when I was in the comic book racket. Now I have to say I left the biz over ten years ago so I am wistful of that time. At table I was also joined by some other greats; Craig Hamilton and Chris Claremont. The conversation was great, and all of it not focused on comics, who knew we were so multi-dimensioned.
This left me wondering is there is still something left in the tank? Not as a full-time thing, but just to have some fun with. The volume of sketches and story ideas accumulated over the past decade have piled up and there might be some worthy items there. I have a couple of ideas that I'll flesh out. but I want to chart the process here through sketches and roughs. Until then, I'm adding some unpublished cover pieces of mine from here and there.
I know the feeling. I just got back into oil painting again after 14 years. I gotta say, I feel complete again. Go for it.
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I'm pretty sure the tank isn't empty yet. While it may not have been a viable full-time employment option, the passion you held for the comic medium is unlikely to disappear entirely. It's more likely to say that life has simply moved you in a direction that hasn't allowed you to devote as much time as you'd like to it. I'm excited to hear about the new venture!
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