Max Cannon is author and creator of the independent comic strip Red Meat.
I just thought I'd take a break from publishing for a while.
Milkmen seem so wholesome, and there's no way anybody can be that wholesome.
But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.
Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague.
I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure.
That's not so important to me, that time thing.
People get really caught up in their own trips.
People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.
I was doing illustration work, and the cartooning slowly took over.
I wanted to be a painter.
I don't want to wait more than a year and a half or two years between books.
The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.
As soon as I can afford a studio space, I'll paint again.