This random, but I was thinking about comics that have had a huge impact on me as an artist, writer, and individual. These are comics that changed the way I look at the genre and medium of comics, and how I participate in that medium. I kind of put them in (rough) chronological order, plus the "lessons" that I learned from them. Like I said, random :) Calvin and Hobbes: this was my introduction to pictures-and-words stories.Tintin: my first "long" story in comic form.Fruits Basket: first graphic novel seriesFullMetal Alchemist: a broader understanding of storytelling possibilities.Unsounded: first in-progress webcomic with a serious plot/not