For me, as much about being a parent as it is about being a child.

A lot of the kinship that people notice is not coincidental. I was very impressionable and trying to find my role models when I was twelve or thirteen.

I was very aware of the fact that there are a lot of comics out there that I love, because I've grown up my whole life reading comics and I know every little nuance of the language and all the implications.

If you're changing diapers and going to the playground, any ambitions of being a cool guy have to fly out the window.

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

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