A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister.

Their scrambled attention spans struck me as a metaphor for the way we get our doses of reality these days.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist.

Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level.