Errol Louis

Backgrounder: Errol Louis

"I did not consciously distinguish between the newsweeklies and my comics: both involved serialized, dramatic stories of epic conflicts, war, death, and intrigue, with lots of color pictures," says Louis. "I dove in, graduating from Batman to politics with no intervening steps."

Lecture: Errol Louis

"You're dealing with a lot of muck and dirty tricks," he said. "An extraordinary number of people are drawn into the political side of public service for the wrong reasons—like ego. There are a lot of people in this town—a lot of people in this town— where food, water, and ego are what they live on. And it's not clear that ego is the third thing."