To Be Or Not To Be

Many might not know this but some do. It's just a refreshing release saying this aloud, on the internet. I think more usable metaphors include "a weight has been lifted" or my personal favorite, "the pressure has been released." ANYWAY, now for what I'm getting at...my little secret.

I...
I'm...
I'm actually an international man of mystery.
Yup.
Now it all makes sense.
Doesn't it?
It totally does.

My secret identity is that of Beau Q. I'm two in one - like a frickin' japanese transforming robot car. He flies! He makes jokes! He has 108 points of articulation! He writes and draws comics!

[That's what this is all really about by the way.]

As you can see from above my imagination knows almost no bounds and I write/draw comics. Let me breakdown the history of Beau Q. for you.

I was born in San Diego super long ago which amounts to something like 20, almost 21 years ago. At the age of 2, my Dad taught me how to properly draw a dinosaur. I've drawn every day, at least once a day, from that point. I doodled in all my classes because I always finished my homework in class or just never completed it. My parents split [and subsequently divorced] when I moved to Florida, so every summer I would go to California and enjoy my Asian heritage. In those summers, I found that I loved anything animated. Comics, cartoons, movies, videogames - you name it, I probably knew something of it at a young age. It wasn't until I was a geek in 6th grade that I learned what I really loved about it though.

I loved being entertained by cartoons, comics, movies, videogames, and the like but I would always see one little bit in everything that would make it just soo much better than it is. So my goal in life was born from this thought - "I want to be able to write, draw, and create the perfect comic, the perfect movie, the perfect cartoon, and even the perfect videogame. Not because I'm somewhat more talented than most in this broad field, but because I just want to sit down and read, or play, or watch my creations, and hopefully someone else will see them - maybe even be entertained by them."

So I decided to become a cartoonist. But animation is hard, REALLY HARD. Luckily I'm the freak of nature who has already found his one true calling in life at an early age - comics. See, I never collected comics in the 90s, I just bought some at oen point in my life and stopped. Then, one magical book later [another story] I was introduced into the world of manga [Japanese comics]. I became enamored with several tales and spent days reading volumes in Barnes & Noble when I had the time. Finally, I was reintroduced to American comics with the graphic novel, Identity Crisis [by Brad Meltzer] and fell in love all over again.

I know you're tired of reading this already so let's get down to the main point:

I want to become a comic book writer/artist more than anything. I don't care if I'm famous or not. I don't care if have a huge following or people hate my life's work. I just want someone to read all the ideas I create on a daily basis.

This blog isn't really about me. It's more about my comics. I promise to update as much as humanly possible. I also promise to post all my webcomics on the page so you can find them on my Flickr account.

Tootles!