I'd been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents' tragedy

Basically, my work is play. It never actually feels that way - I'm always aiming to attain that state. But I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

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

If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

Self-published media are really critical. It's so heartwarming that people are still doing it in this digital age. It's just really moving and exciting. You can't really replace a beautiful little mini-comic. It doesn't translate to the computer, you know? Handmade stuff has really given me hope for humanity.

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!