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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Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

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.

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...

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...

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a...

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...

My first character was Mr. Toad.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

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

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

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.

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our...

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 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 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.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

I just became one with my browser software.

I just became one with my browser software.

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...

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced...

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced...

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...