Comics are a particularly esoteric field where you really learn how to do it, by doing it or by learning from other practitioners.
Dave GibbonsIf you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through.
Dave GibbonsI 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.
Dave GibbonsComics is all about making it believable and helping people to get completely lost in a fictional world.
Dave GibbonsI 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.
Dave Gibbons