Deor's Lament

A Blast from Simpler Times

In my youth, I wanted to become a novelist or a storyteller - or something. I had so many stories to tell. When I was a teen, I wanted to be a comic book artist, like George Perez, John Byrne, or Mike Grell. They were the gold standard in comic artists when I was a kid. That might be something of an indicator of how long ago that was. I could draw guys …