The Message Is Not So Much That

The Idea For Any Cartoon (my Experience, Anyway) Is Rarely Spontaneous. Good Ideas Usually Evolve Out Of Pretty Lame Ones, And Vice Versa.

You Know Those Little Snow Globes That You Shake Up? I Always Thought My Brain Was Sort Of Like That. You Know, Where You Just Give It A Shake And Watch What Comes Out And Shake It Again. It's Like That.

People Try To Look For Deep Meanings In My Work. I Want To Say, 'they're Just Cartoons, Folks. You Laugh Or You Don't.' Gee, I Sound Shallow. But I Don't React To Current Events Or Other Stimuli. I Don't Read Or Watch Tv To Get Ideas. My Work Is Basically Sitting Down At The Drawing Table And Getting Silly.

The Bluebird Of Happiness Long Absent From His Life, Ned Is Visited By The Chicken Of Depression.

On Career Day In High School, You Don't Walk Around Looking For The Cartoon Guy.