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Glych
I was very driven was I was younger. By the time I was 16 I was working as an assistant for Ken Penders on the Sonic the Hedgehog books for Archie Comics. By the time I was 19, I was working as a storyboard artist at O Entertainment on the thumb movies.
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My mother repeated this story to me from an early age. Repeatedly.
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Glych
This is true. My parents called me (jokingly) their retirement plan from an early age. This puts a hell of a lot of pressure on a kid.
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Glych
The teacher told my parents that my drawing was distracting to the other students. The behavioral class had instructors there that were trained to spot personality and mental issues. They realized I was bored, not problematic and required far more stimulation than what I was getting.
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Glych
This week’s comics are going to focus on childhood pressures to become something great with my talent. My father had an extensive art library full of sketches and paintings of the masters. I knew names like Rembrandt and Picasso before I knew the names of actors. I knew several of their paintings by sight before I could write their names in cursive. I was groomed to be an artist from an early age.
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Kitty Dog is actually “Rocky,” but his name evolved into Kitty Dog because he acts more like a dog than a cat. He’s also one of the few cats that my dad actually likes. My parents went to Florida to visit my brother and left me to feed the animals. Kitty Dog had a fight with a coyote about 2 days prior and had an infection. He wasn’t eating or drinking and wasn’t acting well.
