We’re trying to say this guy [Batman] is obviously nuts, but in the most appealing way possible. I go back to what I thought comic books gave people. […]
Comic art is thus a literary medium in transition from mass popularity and cultural disdain to a new respectability as a means of expression and communication, and this […]
I used to draw comic books and in these comic books I’m sure I was projecting myself in various heroic characterizations. These comic books were pretty well-developed. I […]
“Graphic novel” seems to be putting on a tuxedo where a nice suit would have done just fine, but I’m sure we could have done worse.
The persistent devaluation of comic books within the broader culture coincides with the cultural image of their immature audience. Because of this coincidence, the real or imagined reader […]
I realized that comics was the medium I could work in, because it had no limitations and it encompassed aspects of every other medium.
With all the graphic diversity, explosiveness, and expressiveness in our midst, one might make the false assumption that comic books are more popular today than ever before. What’s […]
The thing that I really liked about Batman as a comic book property was that they’re all fucked-up characters – that’s what’s so beautiful about them.
I would love us to do something with Will Smith, but I don’t know that he’s Captain America. That would be a long shot. It would be a […]
Comic books are still comic books. But if you bind them and slap on an ISBN number, you have a graphic novel, a phrase that, sadly, has nothing […]