It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence contribute to profit, but no organization is formed for the idea of pleasing its employees.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing

People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.