all share big similarities, I think they're all just different ways of trying to see the same thing. I saw that Director's Commentary over at the FPI blog . Hey, rather than drawing with an HB pencil and darkening it on a photocopier or computer, why don't you just buy a 4B pencil? They only cost a couple of quid. Well, a softer pencil will smudge more, get all over my hands and give a softer line. The hardness of a HB is very practical, gives a clean hard and fast line and when darkened in Photoshop is very similar to an inked line. Similarly, you've spoken of being "liberated" from inking. Surely the fantasy sequences of the book are inked, right? It looks pretty accomplished to me. Nope they're all HB pencil, darkened in Photoshop. Almost unbelievably, this panel is all pencil, no brush! Woah. Well, Nao is a complete nutcase . Is she you? A conflation of people in your life? Or are you more of a Steve? Or a Gregory? I wouldn't say Nao is "a complete nutcase." Although I know she refers to herself in a similar way on the first page. No, none of them are me. But having said that, all of them are created by me and I had to inhabit their character as best I could in order to write them. Some of their experiences have been mine and also some of my friends but I always tried to ensure it came