There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world.

I didn't invent anything; it's all there in the culture; it's not a big mystery. I just combine my personal experience with classic cartoon stereotypes.

I was a child of American popular culture. All I did as a kid was what I could get at the local supermarket or the dime store. Nothing else was seen. Plus what was on television, or the movie theatre. That was it.

I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope with people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people.

I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider.

The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.