Clowes discusses his work and a new movie, Art School Confidential, based on one of his Eightball issues.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20589/ And although Clowes mostly admits that comics changed him as a person in his early life, he doesn't wish the profession on anyone. Unless, of course, the profession has already chosen first.
"Comics, as much attention as they're getting now, is still a terrible way to make a living," Clowes confides. "You have to do it as a labor of love. I always get these letters from kids who say, 'I'm thinking of doing comics as a career.' And I just think if you even articulate that thought, you should run. It's not something you do as a career. It's something that happens to you. You have no choice."
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