Cartooning is an honorable thing
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 respecting the story
To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
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 on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach
So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different
I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it
There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work.
I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants
For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States
Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something
So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.
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 the way I used to
So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff
Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident
Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.
I still love a lot of the guys who just paint
And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say
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 doing it
Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.
I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.
Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision
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 to show too much
