Independent authors suffer the same, but once an author gets a reader, the reader becomes a more active fan; compared to a comic creator.  I personally feel this is in part because a story with words create a stronger intimate connection than a story with pictures.

When my younger brother suddenly died early last year, I realized that we don’t know how many tomorrows any of us have left. For years, I have thought about publishing my comics or having a table at a local comic book convention; but I always said I could do it later.