Jhonen Vasquez Quotes

United States, Comics Writer
September 1, 1974

Jhonen C. Vasquez (born September 1, 1974) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist, and music video director. He is best known for creating the comic book Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, its spin-off comics Squee! and I Feel Sick, and the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim.

Also known as Cartoonist

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably.

Jhonen Vasquez
- Trying
- Funny
I'm just doing little bits and pieces for other magazines right now.

Jhonen Vasquez

All the power to them but I'm not interested in making yet another show that looks like some other show.

Jhonen Vasquez
- Power
In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't for kids.

Jhonen Vasquez
- Kids
At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day.

Jhonen Vasquez
- Book
- Free
Retro looking stuff but a lot of these guys doing these shows are my age or younger. I was just disgusted. I hated being around that kind of thing. Not that it affected what I did because when it comes down to it I was doing my own show.

Jhonen Vasquez
- Age