Comic artist and writer Mike Norton is doing alright. After working on various titles for DC (Queen & Country, Gravity, Runaways, The All-New Atom, Green Arrow/Black Canary), in 2011 he launched his webcomic Battlepug. In 2012, Battlepug won an Eisner for Best Digital Comic. He’s a co-creator of Revival, a critically acclaimed and commercially successful horror comic.

But this wasn’t always the case. Norton’s blog collecting rejection letters he has received is a digital monument to try, try again, even if you get shot down (like, a lot).