I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book!
If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.
Never fall in love with an idea. They're whores.
Never fall in love with an idea. They're whores: if the one you're with isn't doing the job, there's always, always, always another.
Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.
I think the genre of comics sometimes overtakes the medium, and people assume that they are kind of frivolous. If you have a good, strong story teller, they can be as affecting as any character in literature. Period.