Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's body as a mouthpiece.

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When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became...

When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became...

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

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

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

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...

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...

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

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.

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 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...

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being...

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being...

I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.

I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.

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

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

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

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...

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

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...

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...