M: Adventures in Escapism has some amusing offbeat humour. How do you come up with the stories for your stuff? J: I usually just write down ideas when I get them. My phone is full of little notes that I leave for myself that are usually just fragments of an idea. Sometimes I’ll write short stories and take ideas from that to make a comic. Adventures in Escapism came out of a fairly difficult time in my life. I think there was a certain darkness to the humour that’s different from a lot of my other comics. They’re over a year old now but some of the strips are still fresh in my mind. I remember at the time reading a lot about the brain and dreaming and REM sleep as well as a lot of things about existentialism and even just how the body copes with stress and grief. Not exactly a goldmine of comedy but a certain type of humour grew out of it. Truth be told, I also get a lot of my ideas when i’m showering or on the train or lying in bed at night trying to fall asleep.
M: Which do you enjoy the most: creating the story or drawing the art? J: I like and dislike aspects of both. Sometimes making comics is hard, sometimes the words come easy but the art is difficult and sometimes you can draw pages and pages of pictures but have no story. It just depends on the day. I love making comics but it can be really difficult process sometimes because you’re trying to tell a story wi ??????????????????????e???????????????????????????????????????????????????%?e?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%??????????????????e?????????????????$?????????????????????????????????????????????????e????????????????????????????????????????????e????????????()5?%P?5eM1???$$$$$$$$(($$$()A ??((