That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet. And that's one of the things I'm hoping to dissect and investigate in this…

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My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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 never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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,...

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

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...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...