Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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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...

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...

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

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

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone...

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone...

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...

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

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.

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,...

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

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...

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...