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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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 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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

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

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

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

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.