[before The Spirit] I Had Been Producing

I Want To Point Out To Adults That There Is A World Of Good Material Available To You Now In Comic Form - In This Medium - And Learn To Give It Your Support Because The More You Support It, The Better The Material Will Be As It Comes Out.

Ive Spent My Whole Life Working In A Medium That Was Regarded With Contempt Largely Because Of Historical Reasons.

I Write About What I Know And What I Have Experienced. This Keeps Me An "honest" Writer.

[before The Spirit] I Had Been Producing Comic Books For 15-year-old Cretins From Kansas [i Wanted To Aim For] A 55-year-old Who Had His Wallet Stolen On The Subway. You Can't Talk About Heartbreak To A Kid.

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.