The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life.
Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour.
If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.
In general, daily strips were just a regular part of my childhood. So even if I wasn't a huge fan of most of those strips, I still read them religiously every morning while I ate my cereal.
Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut.
I'm definitely still putting effort into my lyrics, for them to be emotional and tell a story.
It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.
The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.
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.