M: Do you ever miss making comics?

JD: Well... no, not really (laughs).

M: You sound happy about your decision to move on.

JD: Oh my god, yes. I'm very happy about it. It took me quite a long time to figure out why and I'm not sure I even have because I feel my reaction is out of proportion. I really don't want to hear about comics anymore, I don't want to read them. And it's not really about the medium anymore, but the crowd.

M: What do you mean by that?

JD: It's really a guy's world, and with comic nerds -- in general anyway--all they talk about is comics. They're not really interested in anything else and just not that open to things. Also I think it had a lot to do with relationships I had --romantic ones-- that were very difficult for me. My only friends at the time were men and a lot of the men had a problem with me being more successful than they were.

M: Have you made any female friends over the years?

JD: (laughs) All my friends now are women. All of them.