A quick word

I just want to say that I am grateful to have been pushed in this class to take the time and read many comics that I normally would put back on the shelf since the art "isn't really my style," art being my primary focus of interest and story being a secondary concern since I hope to pursue comic illustration. However, reading these stories with deeper themes and art that may seem simple and not like how I think I want to draw comics at first glance but in fact have really well thought out page/panel designs and visual story telling techniques that I have learn from. I do feel like I have learned and grown, my tastes and ideas of what good comics are have in turn evolved as well. I am now even more excited to participate in the industry, not with the idea that it will be super profitable because I know it's pretty rough and competitive, but rather I can not pass up how powerful and great an artistic medium I have seen it to be.