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The Comics Move in Mysterious Ways
I've become very preoccupied recently with an interview for a major enterprise in the comics community. I'm sure we'll hear more about it soon. For now, however, here is a small excerpt expressing thoughts I had towards the end of my second year of working professionally for DC and Marvel, in 1977. I had never been religious at all, but I did have some childhood contact with Christianity and Islam. Although always inexplicably bothered by the ceremonial worship in churches and mosques, as I'm uneasy by the same in synagogues today, I always reserved a special place within me for the presence of specific intent and purpose to the universe which religious worshippers defined as "the will God". To me, however, God was not an object of shallow worship, as was perceived by the religious world, rather an inspiration for the creative spirit within us which motivates what we do in our lives. This was evident to me in the scriptures, the writings of people who touched this root creative force, inspired by events which transpired around them and put it down into words for the sake of posterity. Very much in the same way that an inspired comic book writer creates a saga with a message they wish to bring across to their audience. The scriptural writings became such a prevalent force throughout the generations, however, that the essence of the creative spirit within them became lost to us, because the religious institutions distorted their intent and turned them into the focus of redundant ceremony for the manipulation of segregated faiths in pursuit of political and economic gain. Looking at the world in the state it was in - and through my role in it as a comic book creator, I was inspired through this period of introspection to take a leap - and resolved to dedicate my life to calling upon this good intent within us all, whether be it the will of God, the Force, Karma or any other name, which was now driving me into this decision. At the peak of this tension, in mid-November of 1977, I came to an understanding as to the course my life must take. I was to become an ambassaddor for the greater goodwill of this spirit within the comic book industry.
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