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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

Are we having fun yet?

Are we having fun yet?

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.

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

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...

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...

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I...

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I...

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...