Why make comics? Well, why not make comics? Its very doability led me to it as much as anything else did.

If you manage to get a roof over your head and get a few basic art supplies, you're in business.

Not that it's that easy.

It ain't easy.

Trust me.

But it's doable.

the cartoon editorial director at some point.

And we got to be good friends.

Is there a time where like, as you're going through the underground days and doing whatever, you know, newspaper, do you kind of have a wider idea of like, where I want to go with this? Or is that something that just kind of came out through trying these different directions to settle into this kind of longer form story?

Yeah, it just kind of evolved.

Plus, if you've got a long story, you've got something to do.

In fact, I'm a little terrified right now that I'm going to hit page 46 and I've got to start another story, although I've got an idea in my head.

Starting is tough.

I like to overlap a little bit, but I'm so concerned with the last page of this story that I just think I'm going to drive through.

It'll probably get me to the end of the week, and then I'll do a little futzing around on Saturday about getting the next one started, which I know what the story will be because it will be a true story.

when you're i mean there's something about like there's a kernel of truth in every every lie and every story and and you say about how you're veering into to more direct to auto bio but you're you've been a character in your work pretty consistently for quite a while now.