The comics I made from 1990 to 1997 were largely based in vaguely urban, vaguely dystopic settings because that was my reference point for comics storytelling in general. Nate Powell Read Quote
There’s nothing that compares with the time spent all by myself on a creation that is all my own. I still think of my solo work as my ‘home planet’ in comics, though I’ve learned to listen much more to editors and trusted friends for feedback. Nate Powell Read Quote
Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that. Nate Powell Read Quote
Comics creators are generally screwed in life: Most of us who are fortunate enough to do comics full time – which is very few of us – will literally draw until we die because we have no employment structures intact for retirement, much less insurance! Nate Powell Read Quote
My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk – rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn’t until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work. Nate Powell Read Quote
I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don’t blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth. Nate Powell Read Quote
