Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our doses of reality these days.

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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...

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

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 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 just became one with my browser software.

I just became one with my browser software.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

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...

I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was...

I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was...

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.

Zippy is living in the moment.

Zippy is living in the moment.

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.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

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.