ABOUT US

The Dreamer Behind The Scenes

GOODBOY

You'll notice a lot of we's, our's and us's throughout the text on our website.

But I'd be lying to you to tell you that L3AM is, at the moment, anything more than a one man operation.

My birthname is Luke Wall, but I go by the pen-name "Goodboy" in all my artistic endeavors, and L3AM is the culmination of a nearly 10 year journey pursuing a juvenile dream to become a manga artist in Japan.

A dream that has come inches away from fruition.

The places I've been, the people I've met, and the experiences I've had while living this life have all culminated into a pretty crazy story that I believe is worth telling. I want to share that passion by not only sharing my own story, but by creating an outlet by which other people can share theirs as well.

WHY "GOODBOY"?

During my younger years I had a Cairn Terrier named Wookie.

Before I obtained the social skills needed to make anything similar to a friend, this dog was the best of them. A true ode to the term "Man's Best Friend".

After returning for the first time from Japan, a few months shortly after. . .

He was tragically run over, and I had to say goodbye.

I told myself at that point I would carry the good that dog had done for me in my pen name, thus bringing about the name Goodboy.

The name then came to have a much deeper meaning.

The homeschooled, orthodox Christian boy I once was, slowly and surely over the course of the years pursuing a dream, gradually became something very far from who he was.

But I keep the name to remind myself of where I came from, and what kind of person I want to be in the years to come.

THE MEANING OF L3AM

I have spent the good majority of my 20's in Japan, chasing after a dream that most people who had the idea have had the common sense to place to the sideline.

But not me.

Over the course of the past few years, I became fluent in the Japanese language, and had multiple fruitful interviews with some of the biggest publishers in the industry (in Japanese, mind you).

But life has thrown me a lot of curvballs. . .

Curveballs that I often let derail me from what it is I am truly passionate about.

But one thing that has not changed is that my life has always benefited, either short term or long term, from living a life that I know will be a grand story to be told when I'm long gone.

I've encountered a lot of trials, a lot of disappointment, and a bucket and a half full of heartbreak.

But right along with it I've met a handful of spectacular, wonderful people.

I've been able to see and do things that most people in my shoes could only dream about.

I am beyond grateful for the life I've lived, and will continue to live moving forward.

I oftentimes feel like it plays out like a manga plot:

There's a tempo to it all. The ebb and flow of the victories and tragedies play out like story arcs.

And I came to realize recently that not everyone lives like that.

A lot of people will stay glued to their comfort zone without a grand story to tell at the end of it all.

L3AM is meant to be a rebellion against that notion. To live life to its fullest, and make a story with your years that will be etched into people's memories for years to come.

So live life like you only get it once.

Live life like a manga.