She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him.

But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic.

When I'm writing a comic book, I'm thinking about a character that I'm going to be drawing on the page. I've never drawn a character to look like who I want to cast in a movie because I don't think that way. I'm a real monomaniac. I do one thing at a time.

The larger-than-life thing is definitely what I'm after. I've always drawn dark stories. Occasionally, I'll try a perfect hero, but it's a real stretch for me. I like 'em warts and all, and obsessive and weird.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

I'm a spoilt brat. I thought I was just going to walk in and make movies. But I'd been my own boss for so long that all of a sudden to be facing a roomful of people who were niggling over every little scene... I just thought I'd go back and draw my comics and have a happy life.