I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.

I will say that comic books are not the easiest things to translate to film, number one. Even the most well meaning of filmmakers find what's acceptable on the printed page is very difficult to bring to film.

George [Lucas] wanted to know whether we'd be interested. He did say that if we didn't want to do it, they wouldn't cast another actor in our parts - they would write us out.

I think 'Comic Book: The Movie' is the apex of my career in terms of making a personal statement that has significance to me and resonates with biographical detail about not only my career, but all the people that I've worked with in my career. All of it's riddled, on- and off-camera, with people I've known and worked with for decades.

A cartoonist creates his whole universe without any input.

When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile.

'Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction.