Reef aquariums are definitely the pinnacle of the hobby.

There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.

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

I'm still digesting the '90s. It takes some time to get perspective.

We're not trying to be deliberately frustrating, but we are laying the tracks for a mystery, and it's one that we have all figured out. We wanted this to be kind of like the way that Cliff [Chang] and I felt about the Cold War in the '80s when we were 12.

All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

It's just people who grew up in that time are suddenly old enough to be creators themselves, but I think they have a little perspective. I'm 40 now, and I have children of my own. Before I forget my own childhood completely, I want to take some time to take a look at the '80s and think back.