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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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....

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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...

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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 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...

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 probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

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

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

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

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 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...

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.