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The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world’s putting out at you.

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But not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it’s not pornography, etc.
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Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn’t an issue.
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That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto.
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I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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I do think it’s getting more and more rare in this country to raise a kid with the attitude that creativity is something valuable.
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It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.
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I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world of music and going out to bars and all that.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.
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I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic.
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There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.
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And with this sort of increased visibility, there’s more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out.
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Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it’s nice to not have to dread introductions.
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“What you do for a living?” It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics.
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I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope that, you know, it’s a big effort these days. So I often write back.
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