SHAENON GARRITY:
The last strip that you have online, "Catch Phrase," shows this comedian killing himself because he can't take repeating his catch phrase any longer. Did this reflect your state of mind at the time in any way?

NICHOLAS GUREWICH:
It may have. The idea came up, and I think I just happened to be very tired at the time that I was developing that idea, and I figured it might be a good place to stop for a while.

MICHEL FIFFE:
In 1984, you worked on the groundbreaking comic series Thriller with Robert Loren Fleming, who was a relative newcomer. How did that project come to fruition and how deeply involved were you in the creative process regarding story and art direction? Did you see Thriller as an opportunity to use the form as a vehicle for experimentation?

TREVOR VON EEDEN:
Thriller was an opportunity to use the form as a vehicle for original expression, never "experimentation." I never "experiment" — I express what I know. The very term "experiment" seems incredibly arrogant, inconsiderate and condescending to me. I can't stress this enough. Whether or not it will sell — that, to a corporate mind, which is usually full of clichés and stereotypes, is an "experiment." I take great pains to both find out and express what I know. I intend to lead my life according to what I know and have discovered firsthand. I never believe what I've been told. I believe what I know. To a corporate mentality, it was an experiment on their part. Not mine.