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

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

So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different

I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff

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

Cartooning is an honorable thing

But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression