Punk rock was the first thing I found in my life that made me feel acceptable. The thing that got me into punk rock was the idea, "You're fine just the way you are." It sounds kind of dorky, but… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
Tom Hart, David Lasky, Ed Brubaker, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet. These people lived comics. The people in Seattle got together every week to draw… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
My parents knew that I did King-Cat, but honestly my mom didn't want to see a lot of it. She would tell me, "I don't want to know any of what's really going on." Nowadays, when I put out a new issue, my mom will say, "Is there anything in there that will make me upset?" So I have to… — John Porcellino Copy Share
The whole point was just to be yourself, no matter what that was. You didn't have to fit into a certain punk-rock cliché. Create whatever your compelled to create. People were putting out their own records, and it just seemed natural to put out my own magazine. When I was really young, I started making magazines and little books, just… — John Porcellino Copy Share
With my friends, it was always essentially true stories. That's how I always felt about doing King-Cat. This is something that really happened, whether it makes me look good or bad, or someone else look good or bad. This is what happened, and it's my job in life to write it down. Nowadays, I'm a lot more conscientious about it.… — John Porcellino Copy Share
Through my life and my experience, I believe getting "positive mental attitude" is true. Your brain has certain pathways in it, and if you feed those pathways with certain types of thoughts, the blood goes to those neurons and nourishes them, and they grow and develop. That's how you build habits. Physically, I think that's how your brain works. If… — John Porcellino Copy Share
The way I grew up, I had a lot of personal issues with art. It's an individual thing, but I also think it's kind… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
Punk rock was the first thing I found in my life that made me feel acceptable. The thing that got me into punk rock… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
It is more important to me to make art that is an honest expression of my life than it is to make pictures people… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
“...we tear down the places where birds live, and put up places where people live, or places where people work to earn the money… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
