I would like to recommend a book by a friend of mine. Bill Schelly has written some fine ones about important people in the world of comic books like Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Kubert and Otto Binder but my favorite is his new one which is all about…Bill Schelly. It's an autobiography about his life in and around comic book fandom and it deals with a great many struggles. Bill struggles with finding a profession and establishing his place in it. He struggles with "coming out" as gay at a time when that just wasn't done. He struggles with becoming a father and later losing his son to cancer.
The honest candor of the book will impress you. So will the smarts and reasoning and courage Bill employs in all those struggles. Even if you've experienced nothing similar, you'll identify with the guy and equate some of his challenges with some of yours. The book's called Sense of Wonder — the same name as a fanzine Bill published in the sixties, causing some of us to first become aware of him. If you read this book, you'll know all about him and you'll be glad you do. Here's a link to order a copy. They say it'll ship 4/17 but since I already have my copy, it might be sooner than that. Even if it isn't, it's well worth the wait.