HAS PUBLISHED:
Seven poetry collections, some of which are collaborations with visual artists.
HAS LIVED IN:
California, Texas, Boston, Colorado, China, Arkansas, and Seattle.
REFERS TO SWADDLING AS:
"The baby straitjacket."
HAS PUBLISHED:
A memoir about converting to Islam and an Orwellian novel.
HAS ALSO WRITTEN:
Comics about Superman, a flight attendant who learns about an air-travel-related conspiracy, and a stolen hookah.
IS WORKING ON:
A new, "more reflective" novel that is "a fantasy, but with classy elements... classy in the most derogatory way."
IS:
The only Genius nominee to have been sued by Harlan Ellison.
TURNED DOWN:
A job at Marvel Comics three years before founding Fantagraphics.
ONCE:
Asked Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, "If you respect writing... wouldn't you try to make yourself a better writer?"
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