I was born in Riverside and spent my whole growing-up years in Florence, a little township on the Delaware River. I tell people that I'm from the West Coast of New Jersey.

I've always loved pinup art, and I've always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.

That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.

A great comic-book cover occurs when it gets a potential reader to pick the book up and start thumbing through it. That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention, and persuade them to try the issue out.

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

I had no idea what it took to be an actor. Then all of a sudden I found myself cast in a TV drama. The director was very harsh with me. One time, he told me this would be my first and last acting job. I seriously thought that acting was not the right career for me.

I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.