I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow.

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Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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...

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....

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 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,...

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

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'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

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