I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

The experience of reading a comic should not be the time it takes to turn each page.

I set myself up for a lot of trouble by wanting to tell a story that is fairly earnest and emotional and expressive, but to do it in the most subtle, realistic way.

That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto, whereas the graphic novel is now being held up as something to aspire to and as something that's respectable for adults to read.

I'm getting to a point in my life where my whole attitude about the relationship between myself and the audience is totally different.

When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.

In terms of e-books, though, I haven't quite gotten to the bottom of it yet, but for some reason everybody I know seems to want to engage me on that topic, or convert me. I think there are a lot of people who just want to hear me embrace e-books or finally say, 'OK, I bought an iPad and it's awesome!" There are a lot of people who would get a kick out of it, that's for sure.