Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in... But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive... To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.

I've been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications - the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.

You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.

Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.

But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!