In film, you have the luxury of accomplishing what you need in 24 frames every second. Comics, you only have five or six panels a page to do that.

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

We describe [Paper Girls] as Stand By Me meets Terminator.It's a story about nostalgia and childhood, but with an action-packed, sci-fi bent.

My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases and everyone has rocket shoes.

There's a lot of dark stuff from the '80s that we don't think about.

I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.