A Key To My Thinking Has Always

Humor Has Historically Been Tied To The Mores Of The Day. The Yellow Kid Was Predicated On What People Thought Was Funny About The Immigrant Irish. When You're Different In A Society, You're Funny.

As For Me, I Am In Pursuit Of Excellence. I Have No Time To Get Old.

Comics Deal With Two Fundamental Communicating Devices: Words And Images. Admittedly This Is An Arbitrary Separation. But, Since In The Modern World Of Communication They Are Treated As Independent Disciplines, It Seems Valid. Actually, The Are Derivatives Of A Single Origin And In The Skillful Employment Of Words And Images Lies The Expressive Potential Of The Medium.

A Key To My Thinking Has Always Been The Almost Fanatical Belief That What I Was Engaged In Was A Literary Art Form. That Belief Was Compounded Out Of Ego And Necessity, I Guess, A Combination Of The Two.

The Term Comics Long Ago Became Obsolete And Inaccurate. It Merely Defined The Content Of The Early Joke-based Comical Strips. Sequential Art Is A More Accurate Description Of The Form. I First Suggested It Because I Believed Something Needed To Be Done To Correct The Feeling Of Inferiority By Artists And Writers In This Field.