I have never been into comics. Oh I went through a shojo manga phase as a kid and I occasionally but seldom read graphic novels. Actually I barely any read books at all. But I made a comic because it's the only accessible and non-costly way to get my ideas out of my head, the way they look inside my head.
Ideally, I want to make a movie. Or a series of movies. Or a tv show. Or animated show. Those are mediums I "think" in, when I'm writing and drawing illustrations of my characters.
But I don't have anything but ideas for those things. No studio. No skills for animation or film. No resources. No connections. No money. No one to help. No money to pay people to help. No marketing skills. No work savvy. No idea how to even start.
So the only way to add visuals to my writing... is to draw them myself in a sequential story: a comic.
Years ago, I was thinking of doing a comic for an older story and my friend (who was quite bitter and angry as a person at the time) disgruntingly informed me that making a comic is just "too much work" and I'd have to hire someone to do inking, background, effects, and editing. She told me it would be too much for anyone to do on their own. At the time I was young and believed her...maybe at that age (like 17) it really WOULD have been too much for me personally. So I shied away from ever making a long term comic, but it got to a point where I realized... a comic is the only accessible way for me to present my story ideas the way I see them in my head.
So about a year and a half ago, I just went for it, and I'm so glad I did.
But I sort of jumped the gun and presented it waaay too early. I should have drawn at least 3/4ths of Equilibria (my current comic) before posting, so I wouldn't have to worry about the buffer. But I only did two chapters in advance and couldn't keep up on making new pages, so it's on something of a hiatus at the moment because of that. But I am going to do the rest of the comic and try to get at least to the last act and THEN start posting again.
Despite of that little misstep, I'm so proud of myself and I'm so glad I started my comic.