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In which city do you work?
Sebastopol, California

What got you into comics and animation?
I've always liked comics... Since I was 7... Mostly I was inspired by the Sunday comics page in the newspaper.

Where do babies come from?
Mommy and Daddy, or sometimes just Mommy, with help from an anonymous Daddy.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
Hopefully doing Jane's World comic books full time.

What do you feel you have yet to do?
See Alaska in person.

Does this make me look fat?
Only when you put that pillow up your shirt.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
My new trade paperback that collects the first 6 issues into one book... Mostly because I got someone to proof read it and so I fixed all the typos.

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
Charles Schulz, George Herriman, Wynsor McCay, Clint Eastwood.

Does this look infected to you?
I'm not sure, but definitely don't scratch it.

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
Just do it, but don't wear Nike's. Follow your dream. Write from the heart. Be authentically you.

In which city do you work?
I work in the City of Lost Souls.

What got you into comics?
My pedal extremities.

Where do babies come from?
Faw down da chimbly an catch 'em on firs bounce.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
Looking back to see where I was 5 years ago.

What do you feel you have yet to do?
I have yet to press 380 pounds and catch a sixth baby for son Josh to play with.

Does this make me look fat?
Yes it does but if you push the mirror in on both sides that will go away.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
My latest

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
You, Daddy.

Does this look infected to you?
No, don't worry there's nothing wrong. (Pick at it.)

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
Industry? Industry? Slamming pistons. Wings over the World. Hydrogen power. Eruptive explosive driving pulsating dynamic machines of the future... uh... what was that question?

In which city do you work?
I don't work in a city. I work in a village.

What got you into comics?
Haircuts. When I was a kid, my barber had stacks of them, and he was real slow, so I always had to wait a while and had plenty of time to read.

Where do babies come from?
Big babies, who then become adults.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
I don't.

What do you feel you have yet to do?
Five more questions after this one.

Does this make me look fat?
No, but that does.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
My kids.

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
My friends and family.

Does this look infected to you?
Christ, yes. That'll have to come off.

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
Don't get caught.

In which city do you work?
brooklyn ny

What got you into comics?
loved them as a kid, so figured a way to make a living out of them.

Where do babies come from?
who's babies? I have none, so "my balls" cant be an accurate answer.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
in a bigger home, with Amanda Conner, not worrying about the bills, looking out the window and commenting on how nuclear explosions look

What do you feel you have yet to do?
make a movie, write a novel, kill a shark with my hands and love everyone.

Does this make me look fat?
like a pig.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
Jonah hex and daughters of the dragon, and the projects near my home where I buy my weed.

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
amanda conner, my mom and dad, and paul newman.

Does this look infected to you?
no, just bad lighting.

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
shut up and braw you whining bitch!

In which city do you work?
San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines

What got you into comics and animation?
The girl made me do it. It's true. I was looking for a job that would bring me to America and I thought comics could do it. And I was right. But it took me too long to do it, years in fact, that by the time I was able to get a job in comics and stepped on American soil a couple of years later, the girl had left me and married a Texan.

Where do babies come from?
Eggs, I think.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
In five years I'll see myself where I always have...the mirror.

What do you feel you have yet to do?
I think I have to brush my teeth. It's been two days. After that, I still want to write and pencil on a regular basis.

Does this make me look fat?
Only on Tuesdays.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
My self published comic book Wasted. It's currently being shot as an indie movie.

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
David Mazzucchelli, Nestor Redondo, Alex Niño, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Paul Grist, Geof Darrow, Francisco Coching, Fernando Amorsolo, Juan Luna, Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Mike Kaluta, Berni Wrightson, Mike Mignola, Barry Windsor Smith, Al Williamson

Does this look infected to you?
Infected? It looks dead. And it smells bad. With maggots on it. I hate maggots.

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
Stuff the stupid questions. Then write or draw, or color. ALL THE TIME. You have to want to do comics so bad that you're willing to sacrifice the time and lots of other things just to do it right. Never be discouraged by setbacks. Just keep on doing it and doing it and doing it until you get it.

In which city do you work?
it's actually more of a small town.

What got you into comics?
the lure of money and endless sex.

Where do babies come from?
hell.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
answering stupid questions from internet websites.

What do you feel you have yet to do?
clean the gutters.

Does this make me look fat?
no, the fact you drink a 64 oz. bottle of coca-cola every day and wear a captain america t-shirt that was too small on you 20 years ago makes you look fat.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
my superman shelf on my bookcase. slowly, but surely, it's coming close to perfection.

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
i think if you read my work, none of my influences would be al that proud to have me list them as an influence.

Does this look infected to you?
never do that without a condom again. didn't you ever watch "Oz"?

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
become an inker. no way will technology ever supplant you. ever. seriously.

No city. I live in the countryside, in Mendocino County, CA.

What got you into comics?
My dad and a huge stack of old comics he got from his friends at work. Stuff their kids had grown out of, including old ECs, early Marvel's, lots of great stuff for the late 60s.

Where do babies come from?
Usually from really stupid people, in my experience. With the odd exception.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
Spaceship city?

What do you feel you have yet to do?
Finish these ten questions.

Does this make me look fat?
Only in the bum.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
Either Sleeper or Scene of the Crime, depending on what day it is. Often Gotham Central, too, on Saturdays.

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
I don't know. Influences are so weird, sometimes you grow out of them, sometimes you always like them, and other times you're influenced without even knowing it. I try as hard as I can not to have any conscious influences.

Does this look infected to you?
Just don't open that attachment file.

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
Date J-Lo.

In which city do you work?
I work in a suburban town in southwestern Connecticut, actually.

What got you into comics?
I grew up loving comics, and eventually got lucky enough to work in the field. Twenty years later, I still am.

Where do babies come from?
There's this magic garden and some enchanted bees see...

Where do you see yourself in five years?
Rich would be nice. I'll settle for busy and prosperous.

What do you feel you have yet to do?
There's always something new. I hope the ideas never stop coming.

Does this make me look fat?
There's no truly safe answer to that question. If it's any consolation, I like you just the way you are, no matter what.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
Either Gotham By Gaslight, DC's very first Elseworlds (with art by Mike Mignola), Out There with Humberto Ramos, or my 90 issue run as editor of Flash (discovering writer Mark Waid, along the way)

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
Ray Bradbury, Raymond Chandler, Will Eisner, Julius Schwartz

Does this look infected to you?
Um, definitely have that looked at...green-yellow is not a flattering color.

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
Be tough, be persistent, be ready to wait, but keep trying. Even in slow periods, great talent is always in demand.

In which city do you work?
In which city don't I work? It's the digital age, chimp! But usually, Altadena, CA.

What got you into comics?
My best high school friend Eric Koppisch - he dared me to do my own and I did. But he didn't. What's up with that? I'm gonna go call him.

Where do babies come from?
See, the fact that you're asking me this question is why there are comic-cons. If more comic fans knew this answer, there would not be "Wizard Worlds."

Where do you see yourself in five years?
You see yourself in five years at a psychic's. Otherwise, you see yourself right now.

What do you feel you have yet to do?
Eat breakfast...unless you were talking more metphysically. If you mean career-wise, I still wanna do my own comic start to finish everything - art, lettering, design, writing - and I just started on it. I also want to do DAREDEVIL someday, but Bendis & Maleev just did way too good of a job on it, so I'm going to have to wait a while for it to suck so I can come in and look all brilliant.

Does this make me look fat?
No, but it does make you look stupid, which is far worse when you think about it.

Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
IT'S A BIRD... my recent graphic novel for DC/VERTIGO will stand the test of time. Loved by everyone outside of comics, barely read by anyone inside of comics, I think it can have a whole second life when comics fans discover it. I'm also so totally in love with the play I co-wrote and directed called N*GGER WETB*CK CH*NK, a comedy about race and identity that starts a national tour in November (www.speaktheaterarts.com). Seeing something live on stage is so much cooler than watching someone read something you wrote.

Who are your influences, inside or outside of comics?
Inside - Frank Miller for inspiration, though I really don't write anything like he does, and my fellow MAN OF ACTION buds (www.manofaction.tv). Outside - Francois Truffaut; Drum and Bugle Corps; Ron Carlson; Futurism; Cubism; and all the great artists I've worked with over the years with special love for Teddy H. Kristiansen, Guy Davis, Mike Allred, Kelly Jones, Justin Norman, Tim Sale, Stfano Gaudiano, and my newest ace in the pocket - Becky Cloonan on our new Vertigo book AMERICAN VIRGIN. If you don't have a great artist the work is nearly impossible.

Does this look infected to you?
No, but it does make you look fat, stupid.

What advice would you give a person trying to break into the industry?
Direct a movie.