It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

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Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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,...

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'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

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

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.

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...

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

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

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 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....

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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.