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

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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.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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,...

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

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...

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...

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

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

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 probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

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

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

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...

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...