And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones. 'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs. Setting fire to our insides for fun. Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong.

"One of the reasons I love doing these things [con panels] so much is I get so many people saying ‘Thank you for being part of my childhood.’ I haven’t met this person and yet we’ve grown up together in a weird way. My whole thing is to remind every one of you, I’m not here without you guys… You’re going to get me all teary."