Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics buyers I don't think the comic industry looks at that and thinks that is a very respectable thing. I'm very used to it. I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines.

And so, irritants, it is with this that I leave you. You are spared so that you can think of what it really is to live in a world that engenders a pain for which there is no comfort. Here is your product! You have the rest of your lives to think of this. And I suggest you think quickly, for a long life is never a guarantee.

But now I have a lot of little kids who watched Invader Zim whenever they could find it on television.

In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't for kids.

At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day.

It's very strange to go from being completely secluded and doing your own work for yourself, to having an audience - and having an audience that's aware of what you do and expects you to do things that they like. It can make things difficult.

Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive.