I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.

I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.

That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly.

'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns.

If nothing is serious anymore, then there's nothing to satirize.

Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.