I thought some of my earlier cartoons were not exactly great shakes at the time I drew them. Now I see a certain innocence in them. The humor has a kind of purity to it, I guess. And it works better on some level for me now.

Hot oil! We need hot oil!... Forget the water balloons!

I never liked my own species. On why so many of his comics are about animals, in an interview.

Man Swims in Shark Infested Waters, Forgets He's Shark Food.

I thought some of my earlier cartoons were not exactly great shakes at the time I drew them. Now I see a certain innocence in them. The humor has a kind of purity to it, I guess. And it works better on some level for me now.

I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.

It is a known fact that the sheep that give us steel wool have no natural enemies.