I mean, Art Spiegelman is huge in the comics world, so even though I have only read MAUS, and only once in high school, I wouldn't be surprised if his stylistic choices have spread far beyond him and I absorbed them through subcultural osmosis.

But no, it wasn't something I did on purpose. If I had to name names, I'd say I was more influenced by Sam Kieth's works like the Maxx and Zero Girl, and he used abstraction very differently. Bryan Talbot was far more restrained but did some reality-mashing in The Tale of One Bad Rat that also stuck with me, though I was way less disciplined about it.

Rogan