I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren't any men in…

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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...

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...

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....

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.

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.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...