If I could have somehow been the kind of artist who could crank out two or three issues a year, that's different. That's sort of what it's all about, to get this thing out so that there's some kind of continuity. But to do a comic book every year or two was just so anti-climactic.

I 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.

But I enjoy the opportunity to use swear symbols.

I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace.

Before I could read, I remember trying to piece together the stories from the images. It was a very primal experience.

I try personally not to be nostalgic.

For me, the whole process involves envisioning this Ghost World comic book in my head as I'm working.