Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up.

The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.

I'm most proud of having created something that men never completely get.

Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.

I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now.

I had such a close relationship with my dog, and my dog so filled the need in my life to have children that I just wanted Cathy to have that experience.