We Have This History Of Impossible Solutions

As For Me, I Am In Pursuit Of Excellence. I Have No Time To Get Old.

[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.

I Write About What I Know And What I Have Experienced. This Keeps Me An "honest" Writer.

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.

Comics Deal With Two Fundamental Communicating Devices: Words And Images. Admittedly This Is An Arbitrary Separation. But, Since In The Modern World Of Communication They Are Treated As Independent Disciplines, It Seems Valid. Actually, The Are Derivatives Of A Single Origin And In The Skillful Employment Of Words And Images Lies The Expressive Potential Of The Medium.