I have gotten more comfortable on this platform so I might as well tell my story

Hi. My name is Austin. And as of right now, I’m a teenager. I grew up in Rock Hill and grew up in a struggling household. My parents were struggling financially because some asshole at my dad’s company who was his business partner spent 2 million fucking dollars on a tractor trailer. I’m not sure why my dad was unable to sue him but he lost everything. This impacted the family. When I was 3 years old, my mom had to move in to my grandparents house until she could get back on her feet and as for my dad, he had to live at his mom’s house and sleep in his car. They are doing much better now and my dad has his old company back and a job at an airport. And my mom Teaches preschoolers with disabilities.

I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters

I was raised in a Christian household where the only thing we could watch was VeggieTales and some other shitty Christian shows.

Yall had Superman

I had superman at home.

Superman at home:

My grandparents were the only ones that had cable and sadly they didn’t let me watch SpongeBob.

As I got older, I had more access to the internet and I decided to discover adult animation. The Simpsons and Family Guy were the first adult animated shows I was exposed to. Later on I would find out about South Park and Rick and Morty.

When I turned 12, I stumbled upon Animaniacs when I was scrolling through YouTube. Thankfully I discovered the 1993 series first. And the first exposure too it was when I stumbled on a clip of the Wakko’s America song. At the time, I had no idea what the hell was going on because I didn’t know who these characters were. I never watched this show in front of anyone or mentioned it to anyone especially to my parents because it had at LOT of adult humor for a kids cartoon. And I thought I would get in trouble for some reason.

Life went on until I turned 13 years old.

I was in a very dark place in my 7th grade year. I made one little mistake that comes with growing up as a teenager. The majority of the school year was a living hell because people wouldn’t stop talking about it. It gave me a lot of mental health issues. I was not in a good point in my life.

Later on as life went on and things kept getting worse, I found this site. Newgrounds. When I found this site, I was wondering what it was. Did god show me the answer to all of my problems? Did he lead me to a community with people who care about me? And that is what exactly what the good lord did. A month after joining, I became a supporter and it changed my life. I found a community who cared about me. I found a community who gave me a reason to live another day. I found a community for me.

I found a community for Everything by Everyone.

And here I am.

I became a cartoonist and learned and grew from everyone.

And I enjoy every single day to the full Because I know when I get home from school, there is this website that I’m gonna hop on for the rest of my life