You always talk about how great Image is, but right before your sweet 8House & Island announcements they put Brian Wood onstage to announce two new series. How can classy people like them still support him?

I do think Image is a great place. Ideally I would prefer guys like Wood and (Before Watchmen goon).Darwyn Cooke to not be invited to the party.I think Wood is dug in like a tick— he’s got guys like Ellis who will always back him with publishers.  but it is what it is. Stevenson is well aware of how I feel about it and I certainly don’t expect him to always agree with me.

.—and I don’t expect guys like Wood to be blacklisted from comics I just don’t want to have to interact with them.  

If anything The projects I’m working on, Island and 8house (and Prophet) have a lot to do with a community of peers that I can really support. It’s been really important for me to not align my name with anyone who I don’t like.