I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider. Jhonen Vasquez More Quotes by Jhonen Vasquez More Quotes From Jhonen Vasquez Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging. Jhonen Vasquez closing trauma witty Whether in a suit or in a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another. They seem incapable of advancing beyond the violent tendencies which at one time were necessary for survival. Jhonen Vasquez ignorant cutting people Dear Die-ary, today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender. I'm wondering if, maybe, there really is something wrong with me. Jhonen Vasquez dolls rats today Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell somewhere for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself! Jhonen Vasquez cells stupid book Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive. Jhonen Vasquez loathing self answers One day I will rule the world with a goat by my side! Jhonen Vasquez goats one-day world It's a frightening world to be alone in. Jhonen Vasquez frightening world At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day. Jhonen Vasquez slave-labor moments book I don't like it when people dress up like Zim, because they look like Hulks. Jhonen Vasquez dresses people looks It's cool that people like what I do, but I don't work for the audience. Jhonen Vasquez audience people I don't really get hate mail, which surprises me, but people have better things to do than to write hate mail to somebody who writes a book about hating everything, I guess. Jhonen Vasquez hate writing book In pre-school, I was drawing dinosaurs - I was huge into dinosaurs. I wanted to be a paleontologist, not a cartoonist or a filmmaker or anything like that - just a paleontologist. So I would draw dinosaurs. Jhonen Vasquez dinosaurs drawing school It's very strange to go from being completely secluded and doing your own work for yourself, to having an audience - and having an audience that's aware of what you do and expects you to do things that they like. It can make things difficult. Jhonen Vasquez audience difficult strange I'm always confused when people say how much they miss 'Invader Zim' because the show never stopped running in my head, and then I remember everyone else isn't in my head. I try to imagine the world for all those people who don’t know what Zim's been up to since the show went off the air and it makes me shudder. How can people live that way? Hopefully this comic helps make the world a better place. Jhonen Vasquez confused air running As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less preparation. I didn't use outlines or sketches. I just had a vague idea of what I wanted to tell and then the dialogue just came to me as I was inking the page. Jhonen Vasquez preparation use ideas And so, irritants, it is with this that I leave you. You are spared so that you can think of what it really is to live in a world that engenders a pain for which there is no comfort. Here is your product! You have the rest of your lives to think of this. And I suggest you think quickly, for a long life is never a guarantee. Jhonen Vasquez pain long thinking Ever since I'm done with Zim everyone thinks that I'm going to go back to comics. I've been flooded with emails asking me if I'm working on the new Johnny over and over again. Jhonen Vasquez email asking thinking After doing Johnny I wanted to just do something, I wouldn't say innocent, but to not have any care in the world. Lots of setups and horrible happenings but its funny. Jhonen Vasquez innocence care world But I couldn't draw as fast as she requested. Thus, I tried to create the worst abomination of a comic that I could, so as to make her not want comics anymore. That abomination, my friends, was Happy Noodle Boy. Jhonen Vasquez friends want boys I'm definitely incredibly attracted to the aesthetic of what is typically deemed goth stuff, but. A lot of my experience growing up was in being around that kind of thing, and it's just what sinks into a person's brain. Jhonen Vasquez growing-up experience brain
