Jaime Hernandez Quotes

The Tom Strong thing was totally for the money. I plan to get looser after I finish this Maggie saga.

The sizes and shapes of the panels have never been important to my stories. It has always been the words and images that drew me in, kind of like watching a movie.

It’s rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or ‘what’s the next move?’ Like, Maggie, ‘where’s she going to go in this story, where’s she going to end up?’ Then the story has to fill in the in-between, and that comes as I’m starting it.

I’ve done illustration on the side. But other than that, comics have been my main things.

I used to always read my stuff. And I could never understand why artists would say, ‘Oh, I can’t read my older stuff.’ I’d go, ‘Are you crazy? I could read my stuff forever!’ Now it’s a little harder.

I leave a lot open so I can fill it in later. If I don’t have any ideas right away, I can fill it in later.