She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister.

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Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought...

Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought...

I just became one with my browser software.

I just became one with my browser software.

If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.

If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.

Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me...

Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me...

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

Are we having fun yet?

Are we having fun yet?

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything.

When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became...

When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became...

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes...

What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes...

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced...

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced...

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem...

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem...

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being...

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being...

The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of...

The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of...