I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being…

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In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't...

In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't...

After doing Johnny I wanted to just do something, I wouldn't say innocent, but to...

After doing Johnny I wanted to just do something, I wouldn't say innocent, but to...

I could go through a lot of my old emails from when I first started...

I could go through a lot of my old emails from when I first started...

But now I have a lot of little kids who watched Invader Zim whenever they...

But now I have a lot of little kids who watched Invader Zim whenever they...

At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for...

At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for...

Retro looking stuff but a lot of these guys doing these shows are my age...

Retro looking stuff but a lot of these guys doing these shows are my age...

I love the show and a lot of what came out of it, like some...

I love the show and a lot of what came out of it, like some...

It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always...

It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always...

When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How...

When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How...

But I couldn't draw as fast as she requested. Thus, I tried to create the...

But I couldn't draw as fast as she requested. Thus, I tried to create the...

I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They...

I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They...

As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less...

As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less...

Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes,...

Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes,...

I don't want little kids reading my comics.

I don't want little kids reading my comics.

I'm definitely incredibly attracted to the aesthetic of what is typically deemed goth stuff, but....

I'm definitely incredibly attracted to the aesthetic of what is typically deemed goth stuff, but....

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider.

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider.

Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics...

Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics...

Ever since I'm done with Zim everyone thinks that I'm going to go back to...

Ever since I'm done with Zim everyone thinks that I'm going to go back to...

Why does this person who is sitting behind a desk and never watches cartoons is...

Why does this person who is sitting behind a desk and never watches cartoons is...

I'm just doing little bits and pieces for other magazines right now.

I'm just doing little bits and pieces for other magazines right now.