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1. What initially drew you to comics?
I grew up in a comics-friendly house. We got two daily papers that ran all of the classic strips. As a kid, I collected comic books as well as every book about the history of comics. So I was a passionate know-it-all expert at a tender age and followed that passion into adulthood.
2. You have written about the comics form itself -- what do you see as the major affordances/allowances comics make for creating?
Comics has its own vocabulary and usage formalities that need to be understood and recognized for effective communication. Comics is, in itself, a specific creative discipline.
3. Please tell us about the experience of adapting in comics (thinking of City of Glass).
I could speak volumes here, but basically, most comics adaptations are not very good because they are not respectful of their source material and are commercially motivated. A good adaptation understands the source material both textually and sub-textually and then utilizes the medium (in my case comics) to expand on those understandings.
4. Where can we find more information about your work?
My website has links to interviews as well as an array of my varied works:
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