There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

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When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete...

When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete...

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed...

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed...

Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.

Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.

Most people don't know how to tell stories.

Most people don't know how to tell stories.

I'm a better polemicist in prose.

I'm a better polemicist in prose.

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of...

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of...

I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or...

I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or...

It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.

It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.

But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people...

But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people...

I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are...

I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are...

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.

Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own.

Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own.

When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think...

When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think...

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before...

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before...

I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.

I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.

I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.

I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American...

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American...

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.

Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better...

Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better...

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely...

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely...