These are the young women [in Stand by Me] that we grew up knowing and hopefully they feel a little rough around the edges, because it's true to life.

No. No, first comes boyhood. You get to play with soldiers and spacemen, cowboys and ninjas, pirates and robots. But before you know it, all that comes to an end. And then, Remo Williams, is when the adventure begins.

I love that the book [Paper Girls ] gets to kind of evolve and change in each era. Our third storyline is our best so far.

Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.

I like things that are weirdly imaginative and couldn't be real, but I also like stories that are recognizable and relatable.

Comics are essentially films with fewer frames per second.

That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination.