A few weeks ago, the New York Times magazine explored the subject of young adults looking for direction in a story titled "What Is It About 20-Somethings?"Youthful drift is hardly a new idea--what's novel is how each generation expresses their journey.

Cartoonist Jen Wangis personally acquainted with the issue. As a student at San Francisco State University, she was in the midst of figuring what she wanted to pursue professionally when she started working on a short story for the Flight anthologiesabout an erstwhile,...