Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s.

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I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head...

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head...

I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about...

I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about...

I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place.

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic...

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic...

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb....

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb....

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in...

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in...

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance,...

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance,...

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work...

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work...

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but...

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but...

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was...

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was...

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic...

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic...

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when...

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when...

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons...

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons...

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally...

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of...

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of...