After a few (non-consecutive) years, I'd made about 200 comic pages for a series I titled "Cat Comixz" with so, so much more planned after. Key to the Future's Fate, in fact, was planned to be just one of about FIVE stories with these characters I had been meaning to tell, but KttFF developed into its own thing. Half of the CC crew has been allowed to retire as I focused on that.
But even after these ten years, I still love all of these characters so, so much. They're the ones who gave me a consistent project to work on and hone my skills. From dumb little gag strips to in-depth storylines, the comic and characters grew up with me. It's so cool to me, how most started out as such simple archetypes, yet developed in ways 13 or 14 year old me never would have dreamed.
Only in recent years have I truly become serious about art. Back during the hey-day of making Cat Comixz, I had basically decided that I'd never get anywhere with art. I decided that I would never be able to draw some of the complicated, cool, or beautiful things I had thought about when I was younger. Even today, I still have so much to learn and it can be incredibly intimidating, but I am learning. I am getting better and challenging myself.
Simon, Atelia, Tristan, Leon, Sara, and Melody: You all provided me somewhere to start when it came to drawing and comics. Even though I've come such a long way since then, I'll never forget what each of you all mean to me.