Comics have a problem, and that is continuity - the obsession with placing the characters in an existing world, where every event is marked in canon. You're supposed to believe that these weepy star boys of now are the same gung-ho super teens fighting space monsters in the '60s, and they've only aged perhaps five years.
John HodgmanAny time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.
John HodgmanWe estimate that there are perhaps 20,000 prehistoric hunter-gatherers frozen up in those glaciers. Now, if they simply thaw and wander around, it's not a problem, but if they find a leader - a Captain Caveman, if you will - we'll be facing an even more serious problem.
John HodgmanSo much of creativity is the feeling that you're either getting a gift from some other dimension or some other part of yourself.
John Hodgman