“It is more important to me to make art that is an honest expression of my life than it is to make pictures people think are well drawn” PeopleThinkingArtImportantHonest Author:John Porcellino
“Tom Hart, David Lasky, Ed Brubaker, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet. These people lived comics. The people in Seattle got together every week to draw and critique each other's work. Outside of art school, I never did that. When I came back from that trip, I had a physical, palpable sense of being self-conscious. It was the first time I'd drawn where I was like, "Holy cow, people are going to read this. They're going to like it, or they might not like it. Maybe I really should make my drawings a little more solid, or really think about what I'm doing. Maybe this shouldn't be so sloppy."” PeopleThinkingArtSchoolTogetherWeekHolyFirst TimeWork OutCritique Author:John Porcellino
“The whole point was just to be yourself, no matter what that was. You didn't have to fit into a certain punk-rock cliché. Create whatever your compelled to create. People were putting out their own records, and it just seemed natural to put out my own magazine. When I was really young, I started making magazines and little books, just folded-over pieces of typing paper, so when I discovered punk rock, it really blew my mind. I played in bands and stuff, but making my own zines seemed like an inherent part of that scene.” PeopleMindBookNaturalFitSceneBeing YourselfPunkPunk RockTyping Author:John Porcellino