Quotes by Berkeley Breathed

“Id be a Libertarian, if they werent all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners.”

“As an art form, comics are threatened by legacy strips. The fact that papers are running [legacy strips] throughout the country is a sign that theyre desperate to cling to the readers they think they need, and theyre afraid to take risks and find the new talent.”

“Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.”

“Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out.”

“I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesnt exist.”

Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out.

I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesnt exist.

Neither knew it at the time, but a line had been crossed that could not be uncrossed- a running leap over a chasm of ignorance and misunderstanding between species and worlds...and a baby step taken into lifes endless possibilities for wonder and joy and surprise that could no more be reversed than ones first taste of chocolate.A dog kiss.

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. Its the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter childrens books.

Thats the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly.

It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers dont pop into mind when one sees one.