Comic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile.

I wouldn't necessarily have been making books about how to make comics if I'd really felt I knew how to make comics.

If a comic comes out on the scene and it's really knock-out brilliant, the community is pretty good about getting the word about good newcomers.

I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my gaze backwards to look at comics history.

Learn from everyone. Follow no one. Watch for patterns. Work like hell.

By stripping down an image to essential meaning, an artist can simplify that meaning.

When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them.