People call it “original art,” but for me it’s just part of the process for the final art. The same way sketches and the scripts are preliminary works building up to something, I feel like the final form is the comic itself with the colors, balloons, ads between pages and that snot on the back cover edge.
The printed edition is the people’s art. With comics, a lot of people can get art for a cheap price instead of just one person getting the “original art” for a higher price. Not to talk about the added value and all that. Look, I spent five years getting a college degree in Fine Art, and one of the things I learned there is that I do not want to be a part of the art market.
— David Aja, on why he doesn’t sell his original pages and comics and their relation to art (via tirehaus)