Kingdom Come

Here is a myth: If you work very hard, with enough determination and persistence, you can become anything you want.

Here is another myth: No matter how hard you work, no matter how much you persist, you'll never become what you want.

At some point, each of us chooses which myth we believe in. Ever since he could pick up a crayon, all Alex Ross ever wanted to do was draw superheroes and make comics. So did a lot of other kids. But most of them either soon drifted to other fantasies, or just grew up altogether. Alex Ross never did. His stories are a simple ones: Once upon a time a lonely little boy in Lubbock, Texas, turned to comic book heroes for friendship. And they did what they do best - they rescued him. But then, after a decade and a half of hard work and intense study, something amazing happened.

He returned the favor.

Does that sound unbelievable?