When I first seriously decided to become a cartoonist would have been ’99/2000, right before 9/11. I’ve been writing and illustrating stories in the world post-9/11 since then, watching the world change around me. Jeff Lemire Read Quote
There’s been Hollywood interest in a lot of the stuff that I’ve done, but Descender’s felt different right from the start for whatever reason. I don’t know if that’s because a lot of my other stuff’s a little more idiosyncratic, and ‘Descender’ has a bit more of a high concept to it. Jeff Lemire Read Quote
I’ve found I sometimes have the best success working on characters I didn’t really connect to right away. Jeff Lemire Read Quote
I draw on a lot of cinematic influences like Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders, artists who let a story take its time. Comics are a visual medium, and visuals should be allowed to tell some of that story. Jeff Lemire Read Quote
I never thought I would work in mainstream superhero comics or Valiant or Marvel. I just set out to make the kinds of stories I wanted to make, which at the beginning was small personal stuff like ‘Essex County.’ Jeff Lemire Read Quote
I know a lot of people who read ‘Sweet Tooth’ are the kind of people who don’t read a lot of other comics. Whatever it was, I’m just glad it happened. Jeff Lemire Read Quote
When I write Superboy and other DC characters, it’s about boiling them down to core concepts. Jeff Lemire Read Quote
I tend to write my beginnings and endings first – as a cartoonist and storyteller, I couldn’t sit down every day if I didn’t know where the story was headed. Jeff Lemire Read Quote
