It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew.

I don't know how anyone gets anything done in New York City. I vastly prefer living in the country. I just need a lot of quiet and solitude, and I'm so easily distracted. I mean, the Internet is enough to deal with.

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out.

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

Who embalms the Undertaker when he dies?

The web is my unconscious but it's also a wish -- a fantasy of what my own creativity might look like if I weren't constantly impeding its flow.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.