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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Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

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...

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...

Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.

Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.

But now with technology I could sit down and do a bunch of character drawings...

But now with technology I could sit down and do a bunch of character drawings...

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

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...

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...

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

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

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what...

I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what...

Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing...

Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing...

Zippy is living in the moment.

Zippy is living in the moment.

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.

I just became one with my browser software.

I just became one with my browser software.

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...

I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.

I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.

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...

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...

When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began...

When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began...