And what better way to reinvent the form than to toss virtually 99% of everything that's been done with it and start with a brand-new canvas, reinvent it from the ground up? Digital comics gave me the opportunity to do that, and producing things digitally gave me the opportunity to do that.

Today, comics is one of the very few forms of mass communication in which individual voices still have a chance to be heard.

It would take a lifetime to read all the webcomics published in one year.

Webcomics are much bigger than any one scene can circumscribe.

My first influences were superhero artists.

I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.

And what better way to reinvent the form than to toss virtually 99% of everything that's been done with it and start with a brand-new canvas, reinvent it from the ground up? Digital comics gave me the opportunity to do that, and producing things digitally gave me the opportunity to do that.