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Warner gives a blunt assessment of the mainstream comics industry: Marvel and DC reward mediocrity and have no genuine standard of quality, and creators who repeatedly return to work-for-hire on corporate characters while talking loudly about creative freedom are hypocrites. He explains why he chose Dark Horse — personal relationships with Richardson and Stradley dating back to APA-5, and the company's commitment to less conventional work. Warner discusses upcoming projects including a Predator mini-series, the next Black Cross series My War, and a co-writing collaboration on Pit Bulls with John Arcudi.

Dark Horse's founding editor recounts how he and Mark Verheiden came to comics after failing to break into film, how Dark Horse acquired the Aliens and Predator licenses (and then combined them on a whim by Chris Warner). He discusses the strengths and limits of adapting movie monsters to comics, Dark Horse's growing Hollywood relationships (including The Mask and The American film deals), and his personal ambition to move into film production.