I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.

You do not pursue potential conflict unless you hold power over your foe.

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.