Congratulations! Keep growing and developing and never give up on your dreams.

And as Keith just mentioned, it’s ALWAYS time to start working on dreams. I just passed my 1st year myself last week, and last October 2008, I was like you in 98, I knew nothing about it but just decided to do it!

Let’s hope I’ll last that long! :P

Happy anniversary again!!!

It is much easier now to read comics from all over the world, and more importantly, learn the craft by copying your favorite comics, tell new stories with those characters, or do cross-overs between comics. Anything to make it fun and get your creative juices flowing, without the hassle of coming up with new characters off the bat.

Then you look around you, what’s going on in your world, and start writing stories, using your skills acquired by copying and rehashing other artists.

At least, that is what I’m going to try: start at the end and work my way back to the beginning of the creative process.

I also believe there is no “right” time to start. The gods are not going rain down upon you the gift of a brilliant comic, but through hard work and dogged perseverance you may just uncover that comic. As trite as the nike slogan has become, it is quite apt in this case “Just do it.”