Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out.

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And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

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...

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books...

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.

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

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

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

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

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

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....