Ever since I was a young boy, I have been inspired by comic books. I spent hours at home drawing my favorite super heroes and copying my favorite Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. It was a hobby that, much to the chagrin of my teachers in high school, was evident in all my notebooks. Where there should have been careful notes about the class, were instead doodles of Batman, Dragon Ball Z characters and Garfield. Despite this, I graduated with good grades and continued my education at Brandeis University where I majored in English. There, I also took art courses alongside my English studies. After graduation, I was fortunate enough to work as a summer intern in the comic book industry at Marvel. This experience really helped to shape the path I have chosen for myself and my hopes and dreams for the future. I continued my pursuits in Japan where I spent the last two years completing a degree at one of the more renowned Japanese schools of Manga (the Japanese word for comic). I learned a gr