From an open letter to Redeye Magazine:

"... I really can't say enough good things about Malcolm Magic. It is one of the most commonly asked questions by wannabe self-publishers: How do I become a success? And of course the obvious answer (from me and Gerhard, anyway) is that you have to be productive and you have to be reliable. Even this many years later on it's treated as a minor element in the equation "Yes, yes, yes, but how do I become a success? What's the real secret?" Obviously, the penny has dropped for Robin and Lawrence and I think that can be a big step up for a handful of others.

Back in the 80s I thought leading by example could bring everyone into the self-publishing column but that proved delusional. The vast majority of creator/self-publishers (and I think we have to accept this) just want a lucrative movie deal and would be happy to have their book drawn by hired hands if they could afford it. And there are many related problems such as the urge to expand into a line of comics (guilty as charged, your honour) and to do too many spin-off titles and unrelated projects. But I do think the overall tone is a key factor and I can see
REDEYE providing that...

Tusk Special- Perhaps the best test of an independent title is getting an issue at random and being able to pick up the threads right away. This is certainly a good high concept book with a fixed cast, easy to understand, easy to digest. Speaking as someone who is probably as much at fault as anyone for getting away from those cartoon basics it's nice to see some folks taking us back the other way. I hope things are really happening with this book, given the fact that they're up to issue 7 already and all of the obvious hard work that's been going into it."

- Dave Sims