I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math. Phil Foglio More Quotes by Phil Foglio More Quotes From Phil Foglio One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book. Phil Foglio excited trying book Klaus Wulfenbach: Was my son upset? Bangladesh DuPree: Oh, him? Yeah! He's all set to be a hero and rescue her--and then he finds out he'd need fireplace tongs to get her undressed? Yeah, upset is the word. Phil Foglio upset hero son If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct. Phil Foglio direct ifs action My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted to publish it, but I liked the character, did a few stories to keep my hand in. Phil Foglio fighting character hands I've also been busy doing stuff for Steve Jackson Games. Phil Foglio busy games stuff As it happened, I had a friend who was a good person who liked to present himself as a dreadful one. Using him as a role model, I created the first Buck Godot strip. Phil Foglio bucks role-models roles Marie clasped her hands together and looked vulnerable. Payne flinched. “The only time you don’t tell me something is when you think it’s dangerous, because being a fragile, sheltered noblewoman, I might faint at the thought of experiencing physical harm like a common person.” She sighed, and seemingly from nowhere, produced an enormous cast-iron frying pan easily one hundred centimeters in diameter. “And then,” she said sadly, “I have to damage one of the good pans by smacking it against your thick, common skull until you tell me— Phil Foglio iron hands thinking Any plan where you lose your hat is a bad plan. Phil Foglio hats loses plans Why the hell can't people just write nice happy stories about people having happy sex? That's what I want, and I bet a whole bunch of other people want it too. Phil Foglio nice writing sex We start out talking about the story, trying to figure out who is who and what should happen, taking notes the whole time. Then I do a rough layout of the issue, showing what happens on each page. Then we discuss that some more. Phil Foglio story start time talking