Cecil Castellucci is writing Shade, who is the perfect writer for it. I love her young adult stuff, and it's pretty hardcore and visceral, so I knew she was going to bring that to the book.

The difference we wanna make is number one to let these kids know that they’re not alone, that they’re actually not that messed up and that they can do whatever they want; they can express themselves however they want, without being persecuted or called a faggot or some kind of racist thing. You know, really just to get people to get over their stuff so they can live.

It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band.

Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name.

The plan was that I was going to do comics, and then the music just cam up in my life and was a detour.

Hey, girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with sticklike models. Eat healthy and exercise.

It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.