We [My Chemical Romance] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in order to advance, we need to regress. There was definitely a sense of fear within the band about taking that next step.

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

I do a lot of research, I try to think about how it relates to music and I just do a ton of drawing. It's much easier to work your ideas out that way.

I'm a visual thinker, so I think of everything visually, first. A lot of what an issue will become for me starts with me thinking, "What's a great cover?," or "What's the splash image?," or "What is the title of the issue? How do I see the text?" I think about all of that stuff, and then the story comes out of that imagery.

My music is - I don't want to say my main focus, but it's what comes most naturally to me.

I wasn't bullied in high school, I was just ignored.

All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.