“Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects”

So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different

To me, that’s one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that’s a completely different approach

I still love a lot of the guys who just paint

Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something

But with comics you’re reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube

To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.

So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.

If you’re going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it

I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work

So there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it’s still about respecting the story

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will

And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It’s an avenue to say what you want to say

One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much

Cartooning is an honorable thing

To me, my favorite comic book movies were the ones that were never based on comic books, like Unforgiven.

I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.

Suddenly that means it’s more like a comic book, and It’s not really like that.

But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.

Usually when you say something’s a comic book movie, it means you turn on the purple and green lights.

My brother is a comic-book writer, and I was always in love with comics.

Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.

But if there was a mini-comic here in my hand, I’d read it while I ate my lunch.