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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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.

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....

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'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

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.

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

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...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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