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I Tend To Write First Thing, And Then Do My Drawing Later. I Like To Draw At Night. But Often I Go For Long Stretches Without Drawing, Because I'm Trying To Figure Out What I'm Writing.

But I Read Comic Books. I Read Things Like Richie Rich And Little Lulu.

Bechdel Test, Was Named For The Comic Strip It Came From, Penned By Alison Bechdel - But Bechdel Credits A Friend Named Liz Wallace, So Maybe It Really Should Be Called The Liz Wallace Test...? Anyway, The Test Is Much Simpler Than The Name. To Pass It Your Movie Must Have The Following: A) There Are At Least Two Named Female Characters, Who B) Talk To Each Other About C) Something Other Than A Man.

I Do Sometimes Miss Doing That Lighter, More Humorous Work, And I Find There's A Heavier Responsibility That Goes Along With A Literary Reputation. You Have To Start Knowing What You're Talking About And You Have To Go Have Public Conversations With Writers. That's Been Pretty Intense; I Have To Really Stay On Top Of Things In A Way I Didn't Before.

Although I Am Good At Enumerating My Father’s Flaws, It’s Hard For Me To Sustain Much Anger At Him. I Expect This Is Partly Because He’s Dead, And Partly Because The Bar Is Lower For Fathers Than It Is For Mothers.