The San Diego Comic-Con is the gift that keeps on giving, this time in the form of an interview with Love and Rockets co-creator Jaime Hernandez by CBR's Kiel Phegley. Ask anyone who's reading the series in its book-formatted New Stories incarnation -- including this autumn's #4, which picks up where last year's massively acclaimed "Browntown"/"The Love Bunglers" storyline left off -- and they'll tell you: Jaime's making some of the best work of his career, some 30 years after L&R made its debut. Unfortunately, that left him floundering when it came time to come up with a story for next year's volume:

I almost blew my wad on these last two issues. I was so proud of it, and I wrapped up so many loose ends, and I was so proud of myself. And I said 'Okay, now it's time to do a new issue'...and I was blank. I swear, I was blank! I was actually looking out the window, looking for something, some kind of inspiration, you know? That happens to me once in a while, but this time -- I mean, big! I was just wandering around, asking my wife, 'Do you need me to go do something out in the back yard, or...?' I just felt like the most useless human being. It's what I always call the post-comic withdrawal, where after I've just gone BANG on one issue, after it's done, I feel so useless. I need to do something, but it's like nothing's there. It always comes, but I can't make it come. It's an organic thing with me, where it comes when it comes. Luckily, it's always come within the deadline.

Watch the entire fascinating interview, which reveals a lot about Jaime's creative process and his desire to do comics outside his usual "Locas" world, above.