Molly 03

©THE DAILY O'COLLEGIAN

This comic was originally published January 22, 2010.

Starting to delve into the characters more. Steve is very attached to his science, but Molly, who is kind of dotty sometimes, just doesn't have the attention span for. Nothing against science, of course. One of my roommates (and the basis for Steve's character) is a science major.

I'm gonna take a moment to reflect. This is the third comic that's been printed, and though thats not a lot, it still blows my mind that something I drew, is actually being printed somewhere. Maye one day I'll look back and scoff at my childish enthusiasm for this mediocre comic strip I cobbled together in one night, but right now I'm on cloud 9.

See I always wanted to be a cartoonist. First it was TV animation, probably due to my love for cartoons. But then I saw comic strips in the newspaper and that was my first inkling that you could get paid for something as simple as drawing. This was when I was about 5. Up until about a year ago, I had convinced myself that I didn't have the talent for comics. It's so much more than drawing. It takes unbelievable amounts of creative and technical skill to do this full time. I have so much respect for people who do comic strips/books as a job.

I'm not saying that now that I do these comics twice a week, I think I have those amazing skillz. But I just got an idea for a comic strip one day, drew it out and then everything just exploded. It was like I finally started to think in comic strip form, which allowed me to keep generating new ideas. Then I went and saw the Editor in Chief of the O'Colly, showed her some dinky comics I had done in my spare times and suddenly, I'm employed as a comic strip artist.

Whoa. I mean, ya it's not a full time job like I'd envisioned, but it's more than enough. Its my dream becoming reality, and that's just really cool. I've got other dreams for what I want to do for the rest of my life, but I'm gonna cherish this while it lasts.

-Emily