Rob Walton

“If you'd rather go to the football game than read a comic, that's fine. I'd rather do both.”

“In the Second World War, they're talking about the Japanese traitors and putting them into concentration camps. But companies like DuPont had factories in Germany turning out stuff for the German Army.”

“Everything I've done is an old Marvel comic in its' own way.”

“Jesus gives his life for the congregation, not the other way around.”

“Planet Lucy Press? I incorporated myself to deal with publishing and was calling myself Big Bang Incorporated, which of course has to do with the Big Bang at the beginning of creation.”

“I went to Vortex and Vortex is a whole 'nother story.”

“If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course.”

“Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.”

“First of all: no one in their right mind would sign an exclusive contract.”

“I've done work for hire. I've worked for DC and Dark Horse.”

“If you exercise your mind, you're not going to get sick.”

“The only reality is our society, and I mean this seriously, Western Society is a very sick society.”

“But basically, I'm trying to write a fun story.”

“My main point is to entertain in a way that is unique and different from what anybody else id doing; to apply my voice in a way that nobody else in the industry is applying theirs.”

“I mean, price is price. It's just where you want to spend your money.”

“That and the fact that I knew that nobody was going to publish my work at Dark Horse or DC or anywhere.”

“Marvel has put out good product. DC has put out good product. Even Image has put out good product, as far as I'm concerned... although it's few and far between. But it's not getting recognized, no matter who's doing it.”

“I mean, the most important thing to me is imagination.”

“On the whole, and this comment can get me in a lot of trouble, I find that retailers in the comic book business are not business people. They're fans who've gotten themselves shops.”

“It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the power.”