[before The Spirit] I Had Been Producing

Before World War Ii, I Was Living A Very Cloistered Existence, As Most Cartoonists Do. The Work I Was Pouring Out Did Not Come From Any Real, Personal Life Experience; This Was All The Residue Of The Accumulation Of Rafael Sabatini, O. Henry, All The Short-story Writers That I'd Been Reading.

[before The Spirit] I Had Been Producing Comic Books For 15-year-old Cretins From Kansas [i Wanted To Aim For] A 55-year-old Who Had His Wallet Stolen On The Subway. You Can't Talk About Heartbreak To A Kid.

Humor Has Historically Been Tied To The Mores Of The Day. The Yellow Kid Was Predicated On What People Thought Was Funny About The Immigrant Irish. When You're Different In A Society, You're Funny.

We Have This History Of Impossible Solutions To Insoluble Problems.

I Want To Point Out To Adults That There Is A World Of Good Material Available To You Now In Comic Form - In This Medium - And Learn To Give It Your Support Because The More You Support It, The Better The Material Will Be As It Comes Out.