I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

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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...

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

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...

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

Zippy is living in the moment.

Zippy is living in the moment.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what...

I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what...

If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.

If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.

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...

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 always thought of Levittown as a joke.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

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...

Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.

Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.

Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me...

Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me...

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced...

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced...

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...

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.

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...

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.