I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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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.

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 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...

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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...

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...

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 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...

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be...

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be...

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own...

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own...