Career
A sometimes comics reader as a child, she attended a graphic design program at the University of Central Florida, and, while "work the night shift at Kinko's... met Ian Hannin, who... got me hooked on comics, and started me thinking about a possible career." Hannin later went on to work for Lee's WildStorm Studios, so when DePuy graduated, she "...went to visit him, and took my portfolio (now filled with comic-related coloring and artwork)... hired on several months later."
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