I’ve been working on a long comic book called “One Last Trip to Marcelene.” I’m penciling the whole, sprawling thing first and inking it later, which I’ve never done before. Thank you for tolerating this long hiatus. Cartoons will return on a regular schedule soon, and more books will be made. I hope you’re having a good time in the world. Thank you for everything.
(That’s Kim Deitch on the television.)
Anonymous asked: do you see yourself still drawing comics in 20 years? 30? 40?
Most definitely yes. It’s the only way I know how to do everything I like to do in one spot (writing verbose narration and unnaturalistic dialogue, drawing cartoon characters, writing out large blocks of text, making word balloons, drawing fences) that is efficient, nonpainful (for myself), and hopefully readable (for others). I can see my comics become increasingly self-indulgent, though, just slowly whittling themselves down to exactly what I want to draw. One panel per page, no characters, just 500 pages of tubes and writing. “No compromises, it’s 2049, I’m 60 years old, get out of my house.”