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Still,[...] In All Forms Of Comics The Sequential Artist Relies Upon The Tacit Cooperation Of The Reader. This Cooperation Is Based Upon The Convention Of Reading And The Common Cognitive Disciplines. Indeed, It Is This Very Voluntary Cooperation, So Unique To Comics, That Underlies The Contract Between Artist And Audience.

Before World War Ii, I Was Living A Very Cloistered Existence, As Most Cartoonists Do. The Work I Was Pouring Out Did Not Come From Any Real, Personal Life Experience; This Was All The Residue Of The Accumulation Of Rafael Sabatini, O. Henry, All The Short-story Writers That I'd Been Reading.

[before The Spirit] I Had Been Producing Comic Books For 15-year-old Cretins From Kansas [i Wanted To Aim For] A 55-year-old Who Had His Wallet Stolen On The Subway. You Can't Talk About Heartbreak To A Kid.

Humor Has Historically Been Tied To The Mores Of The Day. The Yellow Kid Was Predicated On What People Thought Was Funny About The Immigrant Irish. When You're Different In A Society, You're Funny.

Ive Spent My Whole Life Working In A Medium That Was Regarded With Contempt Largely Because Of Historical Reasons.