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Discover the beginning of my webcomic journey: How my comic diary began!

Dive into the origins of my webcomic that began in 2017. 

You may not know it but the webcomic diary that I've been drawing for years actually started out as a way to express my emotions after we found out my wife had breast cancer.

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Then This Happened... A diary about breast cancer

I had actually made the decision that I wanted to start drawing comics again and I went to meet my wife for lunch to tell her and she let me know she found out she had breast cancer.

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This is my first webcomic I drew

The webcomic suddenly became my outlet to express my emotions, improve my art skills, and tell a story that people could relate to.

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Another webcomic from that first year

Over the years, the webcomic has become a huge part of my life. I put out a book every year that collects all the comics from the previous year. It's a different experience reading them all together like that, compared to just seeing them one by one on my website.

It also is a way that I've been trying to bring new people into the book feel free to jump in and follow the journey from the very beginning.

Then This Happened... A Diary About Breast Cancer

The first eBook is available on Amazon

Read it now on Amazon Kindle


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