Comics are a gateway drug to literacy..

To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life..

he technology that threatens to kill off books as we know them - the "physical book," a new phrase in our language - is also making the physical book….

In 1908, you could easily earn $20 to $200 as a cartoonist. What's amazing is that it's still true!.

It's not an accident that, while bookstores are all in a tizzy, one of the more lively and alive sections is the so-called "graphic novel" section, b….

I became a degenerate artist. My parents were shaped by their own experiences, and artists weren't so useful in the death camps..

Comics seem to be cooking these days. It's like being a rock star..

On September 11 one of the messages on our answering machine was from The New Yorker saying get down here right away for a special issue we'll be doi….

In reality, childhood is deep and rich. It's vital, mysterious, and profound. I remember my OWN childhood vividly; I knew terrible things, but I knew….

Style is a capitalist invention. It's a trademark. It's very useful in the world of commerce to have a good trademark, but it wasn't my first concern….

Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk..

Even on the iPad or the Kindle, when reading a book, you're rewarded for pressing a button - it's almost as if it were a Pavlovian thing. There's a l….

No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz..

I always had more allergies toward the superhero comics than the others. I thought those were aimed more toward the people who would beat me up..

I always have been and will remain someone who loves real, 3D, substantial books. And I don't believe that it's a wistful, nostalgic interest like vi….

The book has very specific qualities. Let's say in 2300 they discover the physical book, after having lived with the digital book for several hundred….

I think a lot of America turned to art and culture after Sept. 11. I know the sales of bibles went shooting up, but so did the sales of poetry. I thi….

When a technology is replaced by another technology, the previous technology either becomes art or it dies..

I wanted to create comics as soon as a I learned humans were behind them, that they were not natural phenomena like trees and boulders..

I live in my own bubble. I was looking for an audience that wouldn't necessarily be looking for escapism when they came to my comics..

Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are..