Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts , EC comics, anything by Hayao Miyazaki, anything by Rumiko Takahashi, Krazy Kat, '40s and '50s romance comics (especially Matt Baker and Mort Meskin ), Carl Barks' work, anything by Chris Ware, anything drawn by Joe Maneely or Basil Wolverton , the delicate graphic artistry of