And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client.

But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression.

So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration.

One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency ….

Cartooning is an honorable thing.

To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else o….

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.

I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff.

So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe.

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.

I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.

People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that….

And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say.

For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States.

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects.

I still love a lot of the guys who just paint.

But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm do….

I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work.

So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing..

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respectin….