By Steve Gerber – It sometimes seems every comic book reader harbors the ambition to write or draw comics, which is fine. A creative, critical, and vocal fandom helps keep the current gaggle of professionals on their toes. Unfortunately, however, too many aspiring writers and artists have been led to believe that they can learn their craft by immersing themselves in comics to the exclusion of all other influences. It’s not true. Axiom: If your literary and artistic influences are rooted entirely in comics, it’s a virtual certainty you’ll never write or draw anything more interesting or original than what you’ve already read. So if your big ambition is to…