I'm More Interested In Characters

I Think That Gulf Is What Makes The Work Interesting, But As A Creator It's Endlessly Frustrating Because I'm Starting Out With This Goal, This Thing I'm Trying To Create, And Then The Thing I Actually Do Create Is Very, Very Different. It's Always Painful, In Some Ways, Especially When It's Just Finished.

It's Embarrassing To Be Involved In The Same Business As The Mainstream Comic Thing. It's Still Very Embarrassing To Tell Other Adults That I Draw Comic Books - Their Instant, Preconceived Notions Of What That Means.

I Was 30 Before I Made A Living That Was Not Embarrassing.

You Need To Be, Like, Turning Down High-paying Illustration Work Because You Want To Work On Your Comic. That's When You Know You're Doing Something Good.

I Think A Comic Looks Better In The Magazine. The Colors Are Designed To Be On Paper, Not Illuminated On Screen. I Don't Like The Aspect Of People Reading It For Free. When People Get Things For Free, They Tend To Not Take Them As Seriously. But I Don't Know. I'm Sure 10 Times More People Are Reading It Online Than In The Actual Paper.