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I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Art Art School Brooklyn Call Comics East Eight Fine Fine Art First New New York Other Painted Saw School Underground Until Village Years York You

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Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought she was a really feisty developed comic strip character.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Back Character Comic Comic Strip Developed Early Feisty Feminist Just Little Looking Looking Back Really She Strip Thought Time

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Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Comics Condescending Elemental Everybody Level Loves Most Nancy Reduced Slightly Way

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I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Big Formula Hate Kid Strips Think I Think

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Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's body as a mouthpiece.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: About Adult Body Everyone How Kid Me Nothing Real Says Using

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Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Artist Become Friends Himself Judge Mike Never Over Seriously Took Who Years

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I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Artist Artwork Beauty Doing Doing Good Either Good Guess Problem Seriously Starts Take You Yourself

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Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Acid Big Head Never Personally Yes

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When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began I was smoking pot just like anyone else who was an artist.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Acid Anyone Anyone Else Art Artist Before Began Early Else Just Like Pot Scene Smoking Student Who

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What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes a whole team of people, and Zippy is my work. I felt that turning it over to a team of people would be wrong.

~Bill Griffith

Topics: Animated Draw Feature Felt Make Obviously Over People Takes Team Turning Whole Work Would Wrong You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: January 20th, 1944

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