When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became dependent creatively on drugs; like various cartoonists in the underground never did anything if they weren't stoned, That was the prerequisite for sitting down and…

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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...

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...

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 always thought of Levittown as a joke.

I always thought of Levittown as a joke.

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...

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...

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.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought...

Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought...

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.

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

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

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

Zippy is living in the moment.

Zippy is living in the moment.

Are we having fun yet?

Are we having fun yet?

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.

The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of...

The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of...

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as...

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began...

When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began...

Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me...

Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me...