That comment is like a glimpse of the Legendary Promised Land; every comic creator braves the long and grueling journey in hopes of reaching it. It's the comic creator's McGuffin.
A heartbreaking number of creators never get there. They either perish on the road, or had the wrong map that leads them to a soul-shatteringly disappointing destination. (Imagine the scene from Mad Max: Fury Road where Furiosa realizes the Green Place is gone. Kinda like that, except this destination may never have been real in the first place.)
But knowing all that... knowing how common that is... we all press on with our journey, because we simply have to.
It looks like you're close enough to your destination to be able to see it, if not actually there already. I yearn for the day I can say the same about myself.