It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Not being a comic book fan, being thrown into that and seeing the extreme - it's taken very seriously. So I tried to do as much learning as I could about it so I wasn't mean or anything.
A lot of times when I sit down with the other comics and try to talk theory, they say I'm being too serious.
I've always had a soft spot for comic books.
I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.
Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it's about real life. I feel like I'm using a part of my brain that's been dormant until now.
I grew up as a fan of comic books, and I've been reading them for so long that I've never felt an affinity toward just one.
I don't see any division between the comic and the tragic. I feel like I'm writing about serious things, and humour is one of my tools. It's not contrived, just part of my world, part of the way things are to me.
I'm a comic book fan.
I tend to stay away from the comics.
You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.