No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or 'real' art; they simply think it's a bad cartoon.

The real power of comics is writing as you draw.

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures.

It's as you might describe a painting or a sculpture.

I would want students to be exposed to the idea that these are works of art just like a painting or a sculpture is a work of art.