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Seeing My Daughter Before She Grows Up

Some Reflections on a Trip to a ComicCon

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Michael Foster
Dec 08, 2025
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My daughter Galilee is twelve, and she and I got away for a night to a comic con up in Columbus. She’s been drawing nonstop lately, so I wanted her to meet real artists, ask them questions, and see that this is an actual path people take. I was also a comic kid myself, so it didn’t hurt that I got to meet a few illustrators I grew up admiring. The main …

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