/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I used to draw a lot of crude stickman comics with jokes that were influenced by what I liked back when I was in secondary school and surprisingly my classmates did read them and actually enjoyed them a lot (probably because it was about them), they then started drawing and tried to make their own comic as well, at least a dozen of us made a 'comic club' where we would share our comics around to read, giving advice on jokes and gags, etc.
It was somewhat of a healthy competition as well, since all of us started off knowing nothing of fundamentals and we did it purely 'for teh lulz' - to see if who could make the funniest shit ever.
I left my country due to family circumstances and later on asked my still in contact friends if they still draw and as I figured, they all stopped after I left, none of them kept it even as a hobby - I was the glue that held everything together, the moment I left was when their interest started to dwindle.
I think that period back then was my honest-to-god 'victory' and I doubt that in my lifetime, I could ever recreate it again, that kind of unity; now I'm just a lonely dude who draws for myself.