No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.

I'm really trying to focus on the storytelling, more so than ever before I think, partly because it makes for easier pages.

There's also a lot of punch you get from doing an extreme closeup and have it just be that image with nothing around it. There's a clarity and precision and impact there that you sometimes lose if you put everything else in that background.

There was a real sophistication and elegance to (Batman: The Animated Series). It certainly appealed to kids but had a depth that really made it fascinating and interesting to watch for adult fans. I think visually, it was stylistically stunning.

I rarely draw myself, in general, and if I do, I tend to do little cute manga-esque, almost bite-sized drawings of myself.

Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games.

Alasdair Fraser's Culburnie Records has quietly become one of the best Celtic music labels today.