Will Eisner on how a comic strip reflects its creator

EISNER: Well, again, you must understand that the comic strip, the comic book in its finest form, in its most honest form, reflects the thinking, the culture, and the background of the artist and the writer who created it. My background, up until that time, was rather closeted. After four years in the army, I had a chance to get a new perspective. When I came back, I could see the city suddenly as it really was. Up until then, I'd only seen it from a curbstone view. Now I had the chance to see it as it was. It gave me a chance to develop with more confidence what I had really wanted to do.