Your lines always have so much energy! And you didn't start out that way-- it was only really over the course of Girly that you went from static linework to lines that seem like they could jump off the page and attack! It really gives your art a sense of l

Glad you liked the inking shifts… that was definitely a somewhat controversial change! Indie artists like Bryan O’Malley, Faith Erin Hicks, and my good pal David McGuire were a big influence in making me want to try a more brushwork style, and the magic of Wacom made it so I didn’t have to learn how to use an actual brush.
Very tricky, though… took a while to get it somewhat consistent, and really I’m continuing to work even now on making them cleaner. Nowadays I brought back some of the technique from the early Girlys and mixed it back in, mainly in the area of cleanup.