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

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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...

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.

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.

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 never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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 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,...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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....

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...

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.