Pretty much every move I’ve ever made in comics since age 25 has been inspired by the 70-year-olds I saw in comic con Artist Alleys, cranking out sketches of characters they created but don’t own, to pay their doctor bills and nursing home fees.
And fun fact: technically, they weren’t allowed to do that. It’s copyright infringement. But the publishers turned a blind eye, because it did no real harm, and trying to stop it would be a PR disaster.
