It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always being a slave to something.

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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.

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'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.

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...

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...

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff...

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff...

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...

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,...

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...

All the power to them but I'm not interested in making yet another show that...

All the power to them but I'm not interested in making yet another show that...

I don't want little kids reading my comics.

I don't want little kids reading my comics.

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...

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'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 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...

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...

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 take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe...

I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe...

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...