I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it.

Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did.

At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said take one if you want one. The comics were simply a burden to them.

You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper.

When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine.

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.