Everything was sensory and I never saw the structure in anything.
In other words, DC was never harmed by the paper shortages.
Coming into the business, you'd pass through these little agencies until you got to understand what was happening in the business, unless you were really able to have a style strong enough to go directly to the publishers.
I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work.
I was not too smart and constantly mouthed off and didn't know anything.
If I had one quality that really ruined me and at the same time helped me, it was the fact that I never stopped looking, and by that time I was really working at it.