That's so nice to know. for me its just almost sad how many aspiring non japanese manga artists have the god given talent of being able to make it as a successful mangaka and never seem to see it to the end. (for example) if Luffy from One Piece died in battle with Doflamingo before ever getting a chance to become pirate king and never find gold roger's treasure and have it end there. Or Ichigo from bleach never able to defeat aizen and save everyone. Lately i've been seeing some western mangaka with hope like you and you're fellow inkblazers. I hope that my art can rival yours (friendly rivalry) So please don't quit it may get tough but dreams and success don't come without work. my dream is that I can be the first american to have a smash hit manga with weekly Shonen Jump so I beg you work hard and promote yourself! my advice, artist to artist. P.S. Speaking of some mangaka with hope have you heard of of odunze oguguo who's known as whyt manga on YouTube he's already published a large volume of his series Apple black at Amazon. he's originally from Nigeria Africa and studied art here in the states and he's really making something of himself even after just graduating recently. Id suggest checking out Saturday am.com and see his and other people's manga. Saturday Am.com is like a western shonen jump for artists from different countries. it's a monthly digital magazine. all the manga there is so legit original in both art and story. the artwork is so different from what we normally see in most manga but you still see its manga. Odunze is the co creator of that site they have monthly contests where you can submit you're work to and they'll judge it among other artists maybe check out Saturday Am and see if it would fit you and also check out Whytmanga's YouTube channel and his deviant name is Odunze. Talk to him and maybe he can help you. I'm a new deviant art member and i haven't posted anything yet but iv'e been drawing for years and couldn't be happier about itI hope a sucessful manga career is in my future I'll leave links to his channel and Saturday Am. Remember his series is Apple Black check it out. I apologize for talking too much heh heh ..YouTube channel: Whyt Manga website: Saturday AM YouTube channel: Saturday AM