/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2716631
Started out as escapism because my mom was single and an alcoholic, usually left me at home for long periods of time so i had to find something to do. School was a shitshow because i was a skinny nerd with crippling anxiety so no friendos to show me that there were other options besides being a shut-in weirdo. /boohoo
Payed off i guess because im not half bad at drawing.
Now I just want to make comics.

I see many posts here about art school or college but most known artists these days dont seem to be established with a fanbase until 30's or 40's or even later, why should it matter?
Is this a cultural thing/brainwashing thing where we 'have to have it all' in our 20's??

Is it true what i read that there is no real 'age' limit on becoming a professional artist?
Personally I am 32, never went to art school etc, do all my own study and am self taught, sure I am not yet published or selling anything and I sometimes get paranoid about 'age/numbers', or if i see someone younger getting into the game before me.

Opinion?