Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects.

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That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true...

That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true...

You're telling the story, creating the sets, doing the lighting, the designing, and establishing the...

You're telling the story, creating the sets, doing the lighting, the designing, and establishing the...

So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you...

So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you...

It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator....

It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator....

I still love a lot of the guys who just paint.

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.

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

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were...

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were...

But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or...

But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or...

So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth...

So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth...

And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say...

And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say...

And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client.

And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client.

But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm...

But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm...

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean...

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean...

I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.

I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.

But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression.

But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression.

Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has...

Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has...

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

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

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made....

I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made....

If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal...

If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal...