I grew to resent the way my father treated his furniture like children, and his children like furniture.

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

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

I do sometimes miss doing that lighter, more humorous work, and I find there's a heavier responsibility that goes along with a literary reputation. You have to start knowing what you're talking about and you have to go have public conversations with writers. That's been pretty intense; I have to really stay on top of things in a way I didn't before.