We Have This History Of Impossible Solutions

Still,[...] In All Forms Of Comics The Sequential Artist Relies Upon The Tacit Cooperation Of The Reader. This Cooperation Is Based Upon The Convention Of Reading And The Common Cognitive Disciplines. Indeed, It Is This Very Voluntary Cooperation, So Unique To Comics, That Underlies The Contract Between Artist And Audience.

Thus, Sped By Currents Of Curiosity Afloat The Swift River Of Rumor Do Secrets Sail To Strange Ports.

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

We Have This History Of Impossible Solutions To Insoluble Problems.

Before World War Ii, I Was Living A Very Cloistered Existence, As Most Cartoonists Do. The Work I Was Pouring Out Did Not Come From Any Real, Personal Life Experience; This Was All The Residue Of The Accumulation Of Rafael Sabatini, O. Henry, All The Short-story Writers That I'd Been Reading.