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

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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...

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...

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,...

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.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

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 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,...