I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn't bear that it wasn't real. She wanted to live in it.

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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....

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

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

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

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

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

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.

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.

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...

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 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...

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...