They were a fucking nerd herd. They would play Dungeons & Dragons and read comic books. And that was their life. And Gerard had this awesome mind to him, just so creative. His imagination was huge. You’d drink a few beers and talk to Gerard for hours about just the most insane ideas for characters, storylines. That made me confident something would come from what they were doing. Between Gerard’s mind and Ray’s talent for writing, they were gonna get there.

