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So we kid, but check out the story of William Messner-Loebs... Arm amputated as a baby, went on to become an award winning comic book writer and artist:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Messner-Loebs
From his independent work on Journey, to writing commercial successes like the Flash, pretty much everything he did is worth reading.
And just before the pandemic, nearing 70 years of age, in poor health with his wife nearing 80 and also in poor health... they were living in a car delivering sandwiches to keep the wolf from the door.
There was a whole GoFundMe and everything.
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/comic-book-artist-worked-on-wonder-woman-thor-now-homeless
Things got better:
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50982/william-messner-loebs-is-home-last
Then worse:
https://community.cbr.com/threads/william-messner-loebs-is-in-dire-need.167968/