I have nothing against superheroes or anything like that, any genre. I have no real ill feelings about it except for the fact that it dominates people’s minds; […]
In Ghost World Seymour [Steve Buscemi] says something like, “I assumed you would’ve thought of me as an amusingly cranky eccentric curiosity,” and every time I watch the […]
I’d had the name Lloyd Llewellyn ever since I was a little kid, because in the old Superman comics, as you’ll recall, they had this weird obsession with […]
All of my characters take on a life of their own, and I have notions as to what happens to each of them. Enid and Rebecca talk occasionally, […]
My generation of cartoonists, we’re not exactly underground. I don’t know what we are. We never had a name, exactly.
When I drew I would often have some classic comic open on the table beside me for inspiration. For each new comic I would do this. Then I […]
It’s interesting how people have gravitated toward this awful grind of doing a daily strip. I can’t think of anything worse.
I think I’ll go down with the sinking ship that is the publishing business before I re-emerge as a desperate and apologetic Web cartoonist (“C’mon guys–buy some mugs […]
Comics seem to be getting more and more complicated these days, and even the best of them can be a chore to plow through.
I have such trouble explaining my career to people who are just sort of aware of Ghost World or David Boring and Ice Haven. You say, “Well, it […]
I always get these letters from kids who say, “I’m thinking of doing comics as a career.” And I just think if you even articulate that thought, you […]