She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister.

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I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem...

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem...

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being...

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being...

I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.

I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing...

Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing...

When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began...

When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began...

But now with technology I could sit down and do a bunch of character drawings...

But now with technology I could sit down and do a bunch of character drawings...

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought...

Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought...

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was...

I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was...

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of...

The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of...

Zippy is living in the moment.

Zippy is living in the moment.

What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes...

What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes...

Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively.

Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively.