Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

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All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

I just became one with my browser software.

I just became one with my browser software.

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I...

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I...

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...

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...

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...

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.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

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...

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing...

Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing...

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

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

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...

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...

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

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

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

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

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

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...

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.