Chris Ware

Cartoons are not real drawings, because they are drawings intended to be read.

One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon.

I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.

The computer is a tool, just like pencil or charcoal, allowing illustrators to manipulate images from their sketchbooks.

So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring.

I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it.