Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

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Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting...

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking...

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had...

Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had...

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...