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“A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.”

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I don't trust art that promises a 24-hour joyride. In fact, there seems to be a modern sense of entitlement for such constant "ups,"…

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My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

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Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal.

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I'm only trying to present as honest a portrayal of the grimness of human ambition as I can. I'd hope it's rather uplifting, actually,…

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“Newly Found Sugary Spill: Tastes Like Dried Spit or Old Soda”

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“The whole experience reminded me of my own 'old lady' phase that I went through in high school while I was reading Somerset Maugham...…

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I can definitely say that of all my friends who I consider to be really great cartoonists, we're all trying to aim at basically…

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Comics are not a genre, but a developing language.

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There's a rhythm to the words combined with the pictures [in a comic]. Whenever I'm working on a comic strip I re-read it, probably…

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There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out…

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“I guess we all make choices as to how we want to live, right?”

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Fortunately, I'm able to make a living from comics, so I'm privileged enough to be quite choosy, though most cartoonists can't afford to be.…

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