My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up.

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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...

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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....

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...