I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

My favorite artists from comics were early ones like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko who had a real heavy ink style. Captain America, co created by Jack Kirby, was a favorite of mine and I sometimes use an altered version of his costume on some of my characters.

I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of the best sounds ever to come out of a guitar. The songs are really free form and experimental and have a heavy dub influence.

When I was a school kid I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing, I would make my own comics about my teddy bear whose name happened to be Ted.

I made a tin man costume with tin foil and furnace parts because I thought it would help me be more heartless.