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There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

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

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

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I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

Letterman... he got his problems. We don't get along too well.

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Problems

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

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American

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

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Work

People

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

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Wife

Arguments

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

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Writers

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

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People

Potential

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.

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American

Autobiography

I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.