I think with something like Watchmen you can genuinely call that a graphic novel because it has the weight and the intent of a proper novel and it also is the complete story.

If you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through.

In God’s economy, vision should move from the fringes to the middle.

Comics are a particularly esoteric field where you really learn how to do it, by doing it or by learning from other practitioners.

I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.

I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they're existing characters, I'll draw them several times on rough paper just to get a feeling for them. The ideal when you're drawing a comic is to have everything in your head, not to have to refer to notes.

With the new game I'm going to be involved from the ground up. I have had story input and the whole thing will have my imprint on it. Even if I don't hands-on do every bit of artwork, I certainly will direct the look of the whole thing.