Remix

So here's something of a confession: I started my first college classes upon graduation in 2000. I took two classes to test the collegiate waters, so to speak. They were Comp 1 Honors and World Religions. The World Religions class while interesting, was taught by man with a very thick south African accent (I imagine it was south African anyway; I'm not too well versed in the countries of Africa, I must confess). I did well in the Compsition class, however I had conceded the World Religions course. Not a great starting record.

I wasn't thrilled with College off the bat, and I had always wanted to be; I was one of the people who thought High School was geared toward the kids who didn't want to be there, and it was infuriating. I always appreciated education. Regardless, I took the next two or so years off to just work and give myself a break from High School. It wasn't as though I needed one, mind you, but I just didn't know what I wanted to do.

I started back at SPC around 2003, with a focus toward Computer Science. Hey, I'm good with computers, and there's definitely money to be made here, so what the heck? But really, a semester or so in, I realized two things. One was that I didn't want to be stuck behind a desk for the rest of my life, and two was that I really loved working with animals, so I switched to biology. I initially wanted to work with large cats (not like Nicole's cats mind you, but Lions or Tigers...or bears, oh my), but I have always been fascinated with sharks and dolphins, and thought maybe Marine Bio would be a better fit.

I took some Biology and marine Biology classes and, as it turned out, I loved science, I just wasn't very good at it. It's ironic really: I love Michio Kaku, and Super String, and anything by Sagan, but academically science just isn't for me. I dropped a few classes here or there on my way to my AA, and I even failed a basic Speech class simply because instead of taking the final, I decided it was more important to see Price at the St. Pete Times forum (it was rumored he wasn;t going to play any of his old stuff anymore, so who could pass it up?) It was silly in retrospect, but I can't say I regret it. It was around this time I decided that I wanted to write--specifically comics. I started writing a screen play from when I wanted to make films (did I leave that one out?), and I was about 35 or so pages into it, when I realized it would have made a great graphic novel or even an ongoing series. Comics have always received a bad reputation as a kid's medium and it's quite tragic. There's probably more talent and enthralling emotional storytelling in modern comics than in most novels people read; it's one of the most underapprecated mediums I've found, but I digress.

Eventually I found myself here, at USF, with a schedule full of compositionesque courses. I tweaked and edited that screenplay I was writing some and I've begun to turn it into...well, the beginning of a comic. If I could find an illustrator I'd be in much better shape, but regardless some exerpts can be found here.

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