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Gilbert discusses his dual career working on Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate (layouts with George Freeman finishing art and coloring, Roy Thomas scripting) and his own creation Mr. Monster for Eclipse, explaining how the somber tone of Elric led him to create the deliberately over-the-top Mr. Monster as a counterbalance. He describes the chaotic coloring problems on the original Pacific Comics Elric series, the collapse of Pacific Comics (which he learned about the night before a cross-country move), and how First Comics picked up Elric. He also reveals that Alan Moore wrote a 16-page Mr. Monster story with a 40-page single-spaced script, and that he and Moore have had serious discussions about a Swamp Thing vs. Mr. Monster crossover — pending approval from DC's Paul Levitz. Gilbert praises the storytelling-first philosophy he shares with Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman, and is critical of the "Marvel method" for undercompensating artists like Steve Ditko who were effectively writing the stories they drew.