I'd begun reading Crumb shortly before that, and other underground stuff, so that was an influence to some degree. Of course the Marvel and DC comics, they had been my main interests in my teenage years.

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I Never Liked You. I think that's my best book. I think it works the...

I Never Liked You. I think that's my best book. I think it works the...

With each of those projects I wasn't thinking about how the layout would really affect...

With each of those projects I wasn't thinking about how the layout would really affect...

I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point.

I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point.

I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're...

I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're...

Almost every scene, I re-think as I'm about to start drawing it, and at least...

Almost every scene, I re-think as I'm about to start drawing it, and at least...

They thought they were identifying a set of behaviours, but yeah, they just wanted to...

They thought they were identifying a set of behaviours, but yeah, they just wanted to...

The scientists at the end of the 19th century had people coming to them with...

The scientists at the end of the 19th century had people coming to them with...

We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour....

We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour....

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom...

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom...

It's not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up...

It's not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up...

I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should...

I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should...

You kind of hope that the events themselves are interesting. I think that's what you...

You kind of hope that the events themselves are interesting. I think that's what you...

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely.

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely.

The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still...

The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still...

People should be allowed the freedom to make their own choices. They should be able...

People should be allowed the freedom to make their own choices. They should be able...

I think the thinking is, in the comic books, I should pack as much onto...

I think the thinking is, in the comic books, I should pack as much onto...

PENTHOUSE didn't seem to concentrate as much on the girls' faces, and I really wanted...

PENTHOUSE didn't seem to concentrate as much on the girls' faces, and I really wanted...

There I was limited to what happened the same way I am with Riel. It...

There I was limited to what happened the same way I am with Riel. It...

Alan Moore does have a sheen of class. He's a smart guy, and I'm sure...

Alan Moore does have a sheen of class. He's a smart guy, and I'm sure...

The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought...

The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought...