To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.

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After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.

After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.

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...

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

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...

To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One...

To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One...

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.

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

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

Cartooning is an honorable thing.

Cartooning is an honorable thing.

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....

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

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

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work.

I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work.

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.

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I...

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I...