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" Cars are a fairly unpleasant thing to have to draw. "
John Allison
Draw
Unpleasant
Thing
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" Women are more complicated communicators than men, who have a tendency to pronounce and bloviate, and that makes for better writing in talky work. "
John Allison
Better
More
Women
" I did comics on the Internet because it was free, and if I had made printed copies, I wouldn't have known what to do with them. But I knew how to make a website when most people didn't, and back then, that was enough! "
John Allison
Enough
People
Back
" I like my male characters as much my female characters, but I always seem to have less for them to say. "
John Allison
Seem
Much
Like
" I'm really interested in how people feel out new friendships, and at the start of college, that's really important. "
John Allison
Important
People
College
" Lissa Treiman is an artist who submitted a guest strip to me back in 2008 and whose work I've followed since. She works in animation. When I first mentioned on Twitter that I was interested in writing a series but not drawing it, she got in touch. "
John Allison
Writing
Work
She
" I think I've changed my business strategy every year since 2003. You have to be watching the horizon constantly. The rug has been pulled out from under our feet so many times. "
John Allison
Feet
Think
Business
" I never set out to be the man who writes a lot of female characters. "
John Allison
Out
Who
Characters
" Careers are not all up, up, up; do good work, continue to grow as an artist, and opportunity finds you. I have no sour grapes. "
John Allison
Work
Good
Opportunity
" As a storyboard artist, you have to be able to draw anything. "
John Allison
Draw
Able
Anything
" My business is the art of balancing the need to make money with the desire to create. "
John Allison
Art
Create
Money
" My comics have changed so much over the years, in the writing, in art style, sometimes incrementally, sometimes quite suddenly. So I've cultivated an audience who will go along with me because they trust me. "
John Allison
Art
Me
Style
" I probably hung on for a couple of years too long on 'Scary Go Round.' I knew I had lost some of my enthusiasm for the characters and the setup, but I wasn't sure what to do next. "
John Allison
Lost
Go
Enthusiasm
" To be honest, and this is terrible to admit, I hardly read any teen mystery books at all. "
John Allison
Honest
Teen
Mystery