Eddie Campbell

“There's no such thing as a simple, straightforward message. You can't just dream up a message and then illustrate it.”

“My drawing is a kind of Universal Language, but I can’t speak it. I can only write it.”

“There's an old idea that the comics are a second-rate medium, and I think that's just nonsense.”

“The whole point of comics is that you're creating a world. You're not just illustrating a script.”

“Autobiography is the best way of getting at the truth. But you have to be honest about yourself.”

“I think it's important that the reader feels that they are in the hands of a competent storyteller, and that they can just relax and enjoy the story.”

“For me the comics are a narrative art form, and the ultimate goal is to tell a story, not to draw a beautiful picture.”

“History isn't a coherent story. It's a mess of contradictory accounts.”

“I'm not interested in superheroes. I'm interested in people.”

“In 'From Hell,' the idea was to do a kind of autopsy on the Victorian era.”

“I always think that the artist's job is to be a lightning rod for the culture.”

“The first thing you must do is forget all you know about writing for the old comics.”