Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action. Sergio Aragones More Quotes by Sergio Aragones More Quotes From Sergio Aragones Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design. Sergio Aragones drawingdesigncharacter I live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home. Sergio Aragones small-towntownshome I have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it. Sergio Aragones housewritingjobs I don't enjoy the boo scare when you're watching a movie and then suddenly there's a big shark on the screen. The only thing they're doing is catching you off guard. Sergio Aragones sharksscarebigs My best sources are my travels and my collection of National Geographic. Sergio Aragones national-geographiccollectionssource I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary. Sergio Aragones scarybrainthinking Freedom is not an individual effort. Yours comes only when you grant others theirs Sergio Aragones individual-effortindividualeffort When I'm drawing a bottle or a town or a market, I transport myself there. So I start drawing everything that I'm looking at while I'm there. Here's a guy selling the meat, and he will have a hook, and you start adding things, and it's a lot of fun. Sergio Aragones drawingguyfun I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea. Sergio Aragones hoursknowsideas Fortunately, cartooning is not a job. It's something like eating or sleeping. Sergio Aragones eatingsleepjobs I have 40 years of unpublished material, the ones they don't pick, and the reason I don't redraw them or use them again is that I like to use my brain every day and come up with new jokes. Sergio Aragones every-daynewdaybrain For every issue, I send four pages of finished marginals and they select the ones they need. Sergio Aragones sendneedfinishedfour Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject. Sergio Aragones coursesamesubjectnew With Groo, I try to do one story every book. Sometimes the stories are better if they go a little longer, and I choose to do it in four issues. Sergio Aragones storybettersometimesbook
