I never imagined that I would be the kind of person who is recognized when I am out and about just living my life.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.

We assume whiteness is the default because whiteness, historically, has been the default. This is one of the many reasons diverse representation matters so much. We need to change the default.

Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.

I am new to superhero comics, though growing up I read Archie comics, religiously. I've been doing a lot of catching up, reading what's out there and it's been wonderful to see what's going on in contemporary comics.