Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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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...

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

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

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 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...

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 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....

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 started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken...

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken...

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 probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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...

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.

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...