Hold Your Head High

[kanna]

So, in about 12 hours I will be wearing this ridiculously bright red cap and gown at Radio City. What a blast the past four years have been! It feels like no time has passed at all, but I've become such a different person for moving up here to NYC and attending school at SVA. I'll never forget my awesome friends, my phenomenal teachers, and all of the opportunities I've had both through the school and just by merit of living in the best damn city in the world. I've met people I quietly admired and would have never had the guts to approach before, I've met people I didn't know I admired until I was introduced to their work, and I learned a lot more than I ever thought I would.

I've changed a lot. I've become a better person than I've ever been in pretty much every way, and while I know I've got a lot of work to do before I'm truly happy with where I am in terms of basically everything, I'm doing pretty damn well.

Over the past four years, I fell SO in love with comics that I know that, even if it takes me a little while to get started, I'm too dumb to quit and too enamored to really ever imagine doing anything else. It's gonna be a tough road from here, and I've been really afraid and nervous about it, but at least right now I feel like I'll be okay after all, as long as I don't lose hope and I can carry on.

You all better look out, world, because sooner or later I'm gonna ROCK the hell out of comics!