What initially drew you to write for young people? I was a middle and high school teacher, so that’s what drew me initially. Later, it...

1. What initially drew you to comics? My youngest uncle was a comic collector and I used to enter his room when I was a child visiting my...

1. What initially drew you to write for upper elementary/middle school readers? I’ve always thought this was such a complicated age. In...

1. What initially drew you to comics? I came to comics a little sideways, almost by process of elimination. I have always drawn, keeping...

1. What initially drew you to write for young readers? I've been teaching in the middle school classroom for the past twenty years, so...

1. What initially drew you to the comics medium? The art and the stories. I’ve always felt attracted by movies in the sci-fi, fantasy,...

1. What drew you to comics? When I was a kid I liked falling into a comic book world and then moving around inside it. Obviously you...

What initially drew you to comics? I’ve always been a voracious reader and a fan of art and animation (my mom is an artist, so that...

1. What initially drew you to comics? Like many cartoonists my age, the Calvin and Hobbes treasuries were incredibly influential. I've...

1. What initially drew you to comics? I’ve always loved every form of cartoons, from animation to printed books. I loved watching...

What inspires you to write for young readers? I admire them. They’re important, imaginative people, and yet they have such little agency...

1. What initially drew you into comics? When I was kid, I was a big fan of superheroes comics. They made me love drawing/mimicking the...

1. What draws you to the fantasy genre? As an autistic person, the real world never held much interest for me. I didn't understand it,...

Image from https://mobile.twitter.com/nguyeningit 1. What initially drew you to comics? My mom used to take me to the library when she...

1. What got you interested in making comics? Well, I have been reading comics since I was a child, and good drawing skills and needing to...

Image from paulkarasikcomics.com 1. What initially drew you to comics? I grew up in a comics-friendly house. We got two daily papers that...

1. What initially drew you to comics? As a kid in the 50’s and 60’s, my life was Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (Top Cat, Flintstones, etc...)...

1. What initially drew you to comics? I've always enjoyed storytelling and creating characters and worlds. Comics became a great way for...

1. What initially drew you to comics? What has always drawn me to comics is that, more than other medium, is the feeling that anything...

1. What has drawn you to write for youth? Growing up in Bangladesh I could only ever read stories that centered white characters. They...