An old man dies. A young woman lives. A fair trade.

'Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw.

I find that if somebody is writing and drawing a comic book, planning it to be a movie and a game at the same time tends to lead to a pretty lame job.

Alfred: Hmf. I suppose you'll take up flying next, like that fellow in Metropolis.

I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.

The day you write to please everyone you no longer are in journalism. You are in show business.

I moved to New York and was told, "Go back home. We don't need you. Go pump gas. You're from Vermont. We've got no use for you. You're not drawing guys in tights." So, I learned how to draw guys in tights, and I put them in as many crime situations as I could.