"It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start."

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"It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start."

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"I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in."

School

"It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you."

People

"I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor."

People

"People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books."

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"It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing."

Influence

"American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going."

Art

"My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff."

Work

"I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist."

Thought

"I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize."

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"I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers."

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