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5. What's the worst job you've ever had?

Ryan Yount: A Research Assistant position. 'Nuff said.

6. What's tougher? That job? Or creating comics?

Ryan Yount: Well, I obviously love creating comics so much, it doesn't mat ter if it's tougher than my worse job, 'cause I LOVE IT! Just like I would rather spend all day sanding and priming my car than executing statistical analysis programs. Sanding and priming is hard fucking work, but there's a much bigger sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.

7. Give us Ryan Yount's relationship tips -- the condensed version.

Ryan Yount: Somewhere out there in this great big world is someone who will "get you." -- And you will "get them." Find that person. Love them. Be happy.

8. What's love got to do with it? Got to do with it?

Ryan Yount: Everything, I suppose, or they never would have written songs about it. Listen to more Motown records, and pay attention to what they're saying.

9. Was your move to comics a loss to the world of science?

Ryan Yount: Probably...whatever I do, I want to do my job the best that I can. I would've done good work. In the end, though, to last long enough to make a difference, you not only have to be good at what you do, but you have to be driven to do it. And it's comics that gets me fired up. 10. What simple thing does the regular joe fail to understand about the world of comics? Ryan Yount: That it's hard work. Sounds simple, but it's not. This is where 99% of folks drop the ball -- they've written or drawn maybe a few pages, and just can't bring themselves over the "hump." No secrets, just hard work. Doing comics is both one of the easiest ways to tell a story, and one of the biggest time and energy consuming tasks I've ever known. But again I'll liken it to working on a car, and to the custom car and hot rod world. It's hard work swapping an engine into a car. It'll take at least a weekend, and the process will try your patience, as well as your intellect and muscles. But man is it worth it! I mean, it's easy to buy car mags and talk about cars and go to car shows -- it's another thing alto-

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