At practically every level, the way I make comics is an act of improvising within structural boundaries. There's a rough plan, with a beginning, midd…

- Jason Lutes

I'm not trying to create a stand-in or avatar with whom the reader can identify, but separate, believable characters with distinct personalities; I'm…

- Jason Lutes

I try to be as faithful as possible to the facts as I understand them, but any story is at least partly a product of the imagination. I can comprehen…

- Jason Lutes

I care very much about all of my characters, recurring or not. I try to imagine something about that person beyond his or her physical appearance. Af…

- Jason Lutes

While we can generalize when describing a given medium as hot or cool, all media can be said to possess both hot and cool aspects to varying degrees,…

- Jason Lutes

It seems to me that any popular fictional character's appeal is idiosyncratic in nature. Characters with large followings - Sherlock Holmes, Harry Po…

- Jason Lutes

I love writing and the little filmmaking I have attempted, but comics is the means of artistic expression that feels most comfortable to me. It's als…

- Jason Lutes

I loathe high/low art distinctions in any case, so the crossing and re-crossing of that line is an act to be savored and celebrated, regardless of ho…

- Jason Lutes

We are apart and alone, as we must, but at least we are alone together.

- Jason Lutes