According to the New York Times:

Joe Kubert, a comic book artist since 1938, has little interest in the accumulated work of his last seven decades; his focus is on new projects, he said recently. But comic book fans who feel differently about this celebrated illustrator will have a chance to peruse and even own some of that older work this week, when 18 covers and interior pages, published from the 1940s to 1990, are put up for sale.

I am always interested by artists who don’t take time to reflect on their accomplishments because they are too busy with what is on their plate now. When I worked for the Coen brothers, they won an Oscar for best original screenplay–Ethan’s statue remained in his backpack, which he kept in the trunk of his rental car, for days. Recently, I listened to an interview with them and they said that they don’t go back and watch their old movies. They just keep making new ones.

Once it is done and out in the world, it doesn’t belong to you, the artist, anymore. At least not completely. For some, there is nothing to be gained by looking back. The only cherce is to look ahead.