Ryan North

“Scientists need to invent a way to make DNA work like in cartoons.”

“I am a big proponent of the pal-centric lifestyle.”

“I used to worry that I had a finite supply of ideas, that I should hold on to each of them in case it was the last. But then I talked to other cartoonists, and I realized ideas are cheap; yo...”

“I've said this before, but I think one of the reason so many of the cartoonists I know have become friends is because the Internet is a much more cooperative space.”

“There may be this hidden, hate-filled community of online cartoonists, but if there are, I haven't found it yet. We're all generally pretty nice people, it turns out!”

“Social media has been a great change. It's also a great way to disseminate comics and market them.”

“There's a difference between children's literature and all-ages literature. One is written expressly for children. The other is written for everyone, including children. And the difference u...”

“The fun thing about writing a book with multiple paths and multiple endings is you really get to explore the characters and figure out their different fates.”

“I actually put Jubilee in 'Squirrel Girl.' I made it a priority.”

“It's a lot harder for an author that's unpublished to say, 'Hey, here's a new book.' There's nothing of theirs to read, so you don't know what it's going to be like. Kickstarter is great, bu...”

“It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way.”

“Squirrel Girl is basically a Silver Age character in the modern age, and that makes her a fish out of water in a lot of ways. She likes being a superhero. She likes fighting crime. She doesn...”

“The first mp3 I downloaded, which I guess was illegal, was a symphonic rendering of the Super Mario Brothers 1-1 theme song. It was great. I was like, 'This is blowing MIDI files out of the...”

“My first book, 'To Be or Not To Be,' took 'Hamlet' and converted it to the choose-your-own-path format. It was a great fit for a book where you control what happens - a book as game - becaus...”