Maybe you're not even in a position to really judge how good your kid is at that endeavor.

I think there's a lot of evolution that's happened in intangible ways, in terms of how I think about the work or how I plan it out.

I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.

For me, like, the more interesting a letter is I just get more excited and I know that this going to be great for my friends who are looking forward to reading that in my comic.

The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I wasn't the only one cringing. I remember looking out into the audience and seeing people's faces and people whispering to each other, and thinking like "Ugh, can we just cancel the whole thing? I can't go out there after she said that."

It's psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you're trying to depict. You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.

One of the by-products of being allowed to start my professional career prematurely is that the evolution of my work is really evident.