I'm really bothered by the way they portray all Russians ever as totally evil people, ditto for the Chinese and Cubans. Come on, guys, I guess its true that we never knew what friends we had until we came to Leningrad, because they clearly didn't have a clue. Nowadays, there is always an acknowledgement of yes, you have enemies [in whatever location], but there are good people and innocent people there, too.

When I was a kid, comics very often had a "Because you demanded it!" advertisement, but I never took them very seriously. One writer I like a lot says that most comic writers now just write what they personally would want to read, which I think is probably pretty accurate.

It was 700 pages. Not hard to get thoughts on 700 pages!