I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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.

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 get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

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

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.

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...

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.

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

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...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

Revenge is a confession of pain.

Revenge is a confession of pain.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...