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

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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.

Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively.

Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

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

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

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...

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 had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

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...

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

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.

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...

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

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...

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...

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...

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.

I just became one with my browser software.

I just became one with my browser software.

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...

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

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...