Think Of Me As The Weathered Sheriff

I Grew Up On The Crime Stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, And Noir Movies Like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I First Showed Up In New York To Write Comics Back In The Late 1970s, I Came With A Bunch Of Crime Stories But Everybody Just Wanted Men In Tights.

It's Not Movies And It's Not "fine Art." The Beauty Of A Comic Is That It's Clear, Direct Communication. My Work Is Getting Simpler And More Cartoony Because I'm Much More Interested In Communication Now Than In Any Illustrative Value.

My Sin City Heroes Are Knights In Dirty, Blood-caked Armor. They Bring Justice To A World That Gives Them No Medals, No Praise, No Reward. That World, That City, Often Kills Them For Their Brave Service.

When I'm Writing A Comic Book, I'm Thinking About A Character That I'm Going To Be Drawing On The Page. I've Never Drawn A Character To Look Like Who I Want To Cast In A Movie Because I Don't Think That Way. I'm A Real Monomaniac. I Do One Thing At A Time.

You Don't... Get It, Boy... This Isn't A Mudhole... It's An Operating Table. And I'm The Surgeon.