I was very nervous about doing the Entertainment Weekly cover, because I thought, "Okay, this is the first taste, this is the first visual moment." By then I obviously knew a lot of the more iconic moments in his comic history, but still it's me. It's not a drawing, it's not an artist; it's me and I'm kinda frightened, but it seemed to go down.

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Categorized in : Artist Taste Drawing

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

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sadness way thinking

If you can't fail, you can never get better.

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get-better failing

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

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treating-others enjoy journey

People always want to knock you when you're up.

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want people

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

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worry people thinking

I keep myself amused and others confused

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amused confused

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

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knees would-be hair

We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.

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guy gun hero

Live a life less ordinary.

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ordinary

I think I've had very knee-jerk emotional reactions to things, and sometimes I've said things without thinking. Being overly emotional clouded my judgment.

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emotional sometimes thinking

I'm not very geeky. I'm quite homespun. I would say I'm more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey

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gadgets whiskey fire

Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.

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I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.

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motorbike grim-reaper london

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

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challenges comfort fun

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

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want ordinary world

I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.

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appetite abnormal wells

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

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psychopath sociopath research

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

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mad expectations people

I thought, well, why am I giving up on my primary dream to work doubly hard, to do something as an alternative to what it really still want to?

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alternatives giving-up dream

Being in front of an audience makes me feel alive. Being with friends makes me feel alive. I’ve done some crazy stuff in my time and yet I can feel infinitely alive curled up on a sofa reading a book. So, what makes me feel alive? I guess it’s realizing I am part of the world around me.

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