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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 now people even of our parents’ generation are familiar with the term “graphic novel,” which is kind of amazing.
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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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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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But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.
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Look, there’s no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years.
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I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.
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I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters – which, again, I take as something of a compliment.
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The loner – it can have a real impact on the art when they realize, I have friends, I’m married, or I have kids. That’s certainly happened to me.
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You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.
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I’m getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.
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Either thought balloons or narrations or some sort of showy action, then those thoughts and realizations never existed.
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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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There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be, how immoral their characters can be.
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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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For me, like, the more interesting a letter is I just get more excited and I know that this going to be great for my friends who are looking forward to reading that in my comic.
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I’m also probably one of the few remaining holdouts who hasn’t consented to making the e-book versions of all my work, which is annoying to some of my publishers.
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