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

Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.

And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say

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

To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach

But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it

I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.