What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

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I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the...

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the...

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a...

I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a...

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also...

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also...

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it...

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it...

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for...

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for...

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an...

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an...

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the...

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the...

This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about...

This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about...

It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes...

It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes...

I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England...

I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England...

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect...

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect...

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC,...

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC,...

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I...

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I...

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.