I was lucky—I understood inherently George’s vision and had my personal references: Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville, to me the first graphic novel-style movie, and Tarkovsky’s Solaris.

When artists speak, they generally focus on what their work means. They think up a spiel they can repeat over and over, and I guess it’s what most people want to hear. I have listened to and even published countless words on artists’ missions, their purposes, their projects. Some of it is interesting. A lot of times it’s just gassy. In any case, I