Mashing Up My Interests in Writing and Drawing (A Throwback Post)

By July 2020, I was more settled into my new home. My Flow space was still a mess and come to think of it, it has always been a work in progress really. Even now, I can't seem to find my footing to create a proper Flow space even though the lighting is supposedly pretty great here in this room. My windows sort of face another block of building. I have a view of the recreational park in the building and a lake across the highway. It's really noisy and perhaps that's the main hindrance.

In mid-June the year we just moved here, we went to check out this commercial place called Tamarind Square in the neighboring town near our new place. There's this bookstore called BookXcess that I had been to in their other branches but this one opens 24 hours and I would say it’s the biggest I’ve been so far. It has a nice section dedicated to graphic novels and comics. I went crazy! I only bought one Marvel visual chronicle book and a visual catalogue kind of book by Threadless.

For a while in 2020, all cooped up at home due to Covid, I sort of dove into my love for literature and visual arts. So, that led me to comic arts! As I’ve mentioned before, I used to draw when I was a kid and I created my own comic book. It’s not something entirely new to me so I’m picking up where I left off. That was more than two decades ago and I have lots to catch up for sure. Being a gamer and a huge Marvel fan helps a lot as I’ve been exposed to superheroes and animated characters along the way.

I enrolled in this EdX course called The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture and it’s taught by Dr. Michael Uslan. The course also featured Stan Lee! My purpose was to learn the history of comic books and how it came to influence our culture. I would highly recommend this course to any comic fans. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been reading comics for years or just getting started, it’s truly nice to learn the history and the artists that influenced the industry.

Apart from that, I was binge-watching Behind the Artist on Curiosity Stream as well to learn more about the artistic world of Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso.

This post was originally published on July 7th, 2020 on my lifestyle turned gaming blog. Some of my throwback posts contain resources and good references so I have edited and updated. As I'm updating it, I get to reflect on my thoughts at that point of time.