I live in my own bubble. I was looking for an audience that wouldn't necessarily be looking for escapism when they came to my comics.

Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk.

In reality, childhood is deep and rich. It's vital, mysterious, and profound. I remember my OWN childhood vividly; I knew terrible things, but I knew I mustn't let the adults *know* I knew... it would scare them.

Style is a capitalist invention. It's a trademark. It's very useful in the world of commerce to have a good trademark, but it wasn't my first concern. I got restless

Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything.

Sometimes I don't feel like a functioning adult

Right now anything made for the iPad is like performance art. I'm not interested in performance art. Comics are too hard to make to be done for such a passing blip. When it stabilizes, I'll look at it.