I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work

And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision

So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration

For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story