I’ve gotten to the age where I’m not only comfortable in my own skin, but with the writing and drawing style I’ve developed over the countless hours of honing my craft. That’s not to say I’m closed to learning new and better ways to get the job done. In fact, I probably study writing and art within and especially outside of the comic book medium now more than ever. These efforts, I hope, have expand my view and helped inform the creative decisions that are made every time I put my fingers on the keyboard, or my pencil to the page. And there’s hundreds of decisions, at every stage in that process. I’ve also learned to stay honest, to let my core style flow freely on the page and not pander or shoe-horn anything that isn’t true to myself.
In that context, HARK is probably the most honest story I’ve ever written and drawn.
SR