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.
But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will.
But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression.
But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube.
I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.
Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects.
I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work.
For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States.
I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.
I still love a lot of the guys who just paint.
I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.
So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe.
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.