It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than…

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Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

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...

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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...

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

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

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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