I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist.

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There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place.

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head...

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head...

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took...

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took...

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic...

My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic...

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when...

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when...

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was...

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was...

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic...

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic...

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there...

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there...

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of...

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of...

Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my...

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my...

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but...

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but...

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance,...

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance,...

People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.

People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.

Plays have been made of my comics.

Plays have been made of my comics.

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work...

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work...