Comics for me is a happy medium, because I can do a work that feels like pulp but aspires to be art and the audience either doesn’t notice […]
A lot of people have told us “how dare we do something humorous [about 3-11 Madrid train bombings]”. But a comic isn’t necessarily funny, the graphic novel is […]
Spider-Man, that’s a different thing again, because that’s comic books, and there’s a whole series of relations between punk rock and rock bands and comic books, that goes […]
There’s nothing wrong per se with using terrorists as antagonists in comics. I don’t think we’d be seeing such use if we all weren’t freaking out about nuclear […]
In many ways, the audience for rock ‘n’ roll band and audience for comic books are the same: it’s kids – like ourselves, 15-16, out in the suburbs, […]
You have to draw every single day, 365 days a year, year after year, after year. So once you hit your stride, editors tend to leave you alone. […]
Newspapers are declining, for a syndicated cartoonist, that’s like finally making it to the major leagues and being told the stadiums are all closing, so there’s no place […]
My philosophy is that the happiest way I can be a cartoonist is to have a day job, because the times I was just freelance were very stressful […]
I’m a lover of tangible paper comics and find it hard to look at webcomics, to be honest–there’s something missing without the weight and smell of the paper […]
Comics is sometimes described as a democratic medium, and the same holds for comics criticism. A few academics may try to convince themselves that only academic criticism matters, […]
Comics are a medium I have learned and taken so much from in my career and my personal life. They were so important to me and so important […]
I think if I did nothing but comics, I would end up hating comics. For a while there I was actually beginning to hate comics. Although I think […]
Batman’s agenda is a fear agenda, where his main tool is “Boo!”. They turn around and there’s a guy and he looks like a giant fucking bat.
Manga and comics are an important education tool on multiple levels. The midway point between picture books and full prose is a crucial one for developing visual storytelling.
Batwoman is the highest profile queer character in mainstream, genre fiction ever. As a lesbian, she’s possibly an easier sell to the still mainly straight, white, male comic […]