Elevate the Artform
I remember my first comic book
Watchmen - I was skeptical.
Superheroes could't be intellectual.
But now i've read it seven times
There's always something new to look at
A character in the background of a panel
A seemingly throwaway line of dialogue
I was always artistic before, but not a creator
Those are very different things
One can copy pictures - draw a cup, a cat, a cartoon character
The other builds worlds.
I want to create my own universe inside the pages of a book
Multilayered - plot, people, pictures, words
Something that will convince people like me
That comics are art
Just as pretty as Monet
as witty as Vonnegut
as iconic as Pulp Fiction
and ten times as engrossing
I want to be one of the artists people name as an inspiration
And also one of the writers.
I want to create the novel you can't put down
And the drawing you can't tear your eyes from
All in one.