Vera Brosgol

Comics taught me how to write, and also patience and confidence.

— Vera Brosgol

In animation and comics, the viewer breezes past the drawings. But with picture books, each page is going to be stared at…

— Vera Brosgol

“Why can't I just Google it like everything else?! I hate you public library system!”

— Vera Brosgol

Knitting is repetitive, rewarding, and calms me down like a warm bath. But it takes up juuuust enough brainspace that I can't…

— Vera Brosgol

“People might think that five-year-olds can't be cruel, but I have some strong evidence to the contrary".”

— Vera Brosgol

“I could lose myself forever in that dark hair and those sweet love handles.”

— Vera Brosgol

“You may look normal like everyone else, but you're not. Not on the inside.”

— Vera Brosgol

You work for so long on a graphic novel that it's easy to question your ideas or to burn out on drawing.…

— Vera Brosgol

I'm one of those people with restless hands. I need to be doodling, or biting my nails, or making socks.

— Vera Brosgol

I'm fortunate enough to get to make books for a living, so I spend my entire workday alone in my studio quietly…

— Vera Brosgol

Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have.

— Vera Brosgol

I think sometimes older people wind up being a little childlike. They've done their time, now they get to do what they…

— Vera Brosgol

“I don't think murder is an appropriate reaction to disappointment.”

— Vera Brosgol

I love drawing what the character is feeling, in my comics, with no dialogue.

— Vera Brosgol

“Oh, Anya! Let's have an intense spiritual relationship for no believable reason!”

— Vera Brosgol

Animation taught me to draw quickly and clearly and to communicate a character's feelings through his or her body language and facial…

— Vera Brosgol