I’ve always loved stories. I believe that the stories from my childhood are, in great part, responsible for my passion for the fantastic, for igniting the magic, sparked by imagination, in a vast open field where everything is possible. My early drawings, I now understand, were my attempt of retelling a story that existed in my mind, long before I could write about it. When we’re kids, words are not enough, so lines, shapes, and colors serve as a hidden, uncomprehended vocabu