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By and large, I think that comics work seriously hard. Many have other jobs as well, plus you never really switch off, so you're always working.

I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.

When you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that particular subject.

At some point, all comics have to go out and be retail salesmen doing door-to-door. And this idea of somebody who totally knows their craft having to get up for free in front of a crowd to work out some stuff they're thinking in their head, still, after as much success as you can get, is really interesting.

The great thing about working in comics is that visually, you're the sole voice. You have to figure out the staging, the lighting, the composition, the character emotions, the action. You get a script, but you're trying to work it out in individual panels. It's a terrific exercise in creative thinking and creative problem-solving.

I love comics and have since I was a kid. That is what gave me the idea to create my own.

The comics work is very slow, and it basically involves working for sometimes years in isolation and not knowing how the work is going to be received.

I'm happy I can sit home in my office and make up stories about superheroes. And I only have to deal with a pretty limited amount of people to get those comics produced.

I work daily, but not always on comics. I'm doing quite a bit of writing now, and I teach as well.

I'm doing a lot of stand-up, but not like when you're living in New York and you can do three sets a night and it's your life, and you sleep all day and you wake up and you eat with a bunch of other comics and then get ready for the night.