Sergio Aragones
Sometimes, an idea comes in for another gag while you're inking one, and I make a note on a separate piece of paper.
Sergio AragonesThe sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to everybody, with losing friends and family, but that is a natural occurrence, as natural as being born.
Sergio AragonesThe Western, when I do one, will be one long, continuous story.
Sergio AragonesThe Boogeyman is your conscience. The Boogeyman is the result of your own bad behavior. I love this Boogeyman.
Sergio AragonesComics is a great medium to get a lot of stories out.
Sergio AragonesGenerally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.
Sergio AragonesI live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home.
Sergio AragonesAfter spending so many years on Groo, I saw this as an opportunity to go back to doing something I really loved, and I'm glad I took the chance.
Sergio AragonesI keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea.
Sergio AragonesI have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it.
Sergio AragonesI'd love to do a whole series of stories and have them collected into books.
Sergio AragonesI think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
Sergio AragonesI have 40 years of unpublished material, the ones they don't pick, and the reason I don't redraw them or use them again is that I like to use my brain every day and come up with new jokes.
Sergio AragonesIf the gag is complicated, you spend more time thinking about the way you're drawing it.
Sergio AragonesEventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do a Western. I would want to do humorous Westerns.
Sergio AragonesThe reason I love comics more than anything else is that the longest story will be just a few pages. With a novel, it takes so many pages to get to one thing happening.
Sergio AragonesFor every issue, I send four pages of finished marginals and they select the ones they need.
Sergio AragonesWhen you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that particular subject.
Sergio AragonesI have been a very fortunate man. I had a happy childhood, a very normal adolescence, and a very fortunate career.
Sergio AragonesAt the end of the '60s, I was trying to enter the world of comics.
Sergio Aragones
