The difference we wanna make is number one to let these kids know that they’re not alone, that they’re actually not that messed up and that they can do whatever they want; they can express themselves however they want, without being persecuted or called a faggot or some kind of racist thing. You know, really just to get people to get over their stuff so they can live.

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He is the executive producer of the band LostAlone's second album I'm a UFO in This City and the writer of the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy.