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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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...

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...

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...

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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.

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...

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...

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 never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

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

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...

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

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