For me, the whole process involves envisioning this Ghost World comic book in my head as I'm working.
Daniel ClowesI believe in the transformative power of cinema. It is only through this shared dream-experience that we can transcend the oppressive minutiae of daily existence and find some spiritual connection in the deeper reality of our mutual desire.
Daniel ClowesI think I've had the fantasy of a ray-gun that could erase the world from the time I was a very little kid.
Daniel ClowesI think a comic looks better in the magazine. The colors are designed to be on paper, not illuminated on screen. I don't like the aspect of people reading it for free. When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously. But I don't know. I'm sure 10 times more people are reading it online than in the actual paper.
Daniel ClowesBefore I could read, I remember trying to piece together the stories from the images. It was a very primal experience.
Daniel ClowesI think politics has an influence on my work now, perhaps more so than when I was a childless young man, but I hope never to deal with these kinds of issues in anything more than a covert manner. I'm more interested in figuring out what I think than in pronouncing my views to the world.
Daniel Clowes