Artistic inspirations: Mike Ploog. Tardi. Wally Wood. Egon Schiele. Aubrey Beardsley. Edward Hopper. Norman Rockwell. Jack Kirby (unavoidable in comics).
Literary inspirations: Jack Kerouac. Alan Moore. Raymond Carver. John Irving. Edgar Allan Poe. Jack London. Ken Kesey. Hunter S. Thompson.
Personal Favorites (comics): American Elf. 52.
(music): Misfits. Miles Davis. Waylon Jennings. Wilco. Grateful Dead. David Bowie.
http://www.myspace.com/surrealist_manifesto