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" I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel. "
Ted Rall
Great
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" Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most. "
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" Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good. "
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" When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling. "
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" It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare. "
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" There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair. "
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Tradition
Sources
" I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great. "
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Think
Better
" I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody. "
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Any
Work
Doing
" I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society. "
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American
Generation
Think
" Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't. "
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Tried
Liking
Jimmy
" When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information. "
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You
Based
Information
" I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me. "
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I Think
Good
Me
" Most people don't know how to tell stories. "
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Stories
People
Most
" At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe. "
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American
Point
Pretty
" On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet. "
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Ground
Most
State
" But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches. "
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Things
Now
Talking
" When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression. "
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Look
Head
You
" Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes. "
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Conservative
Fun
You
" If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel. "
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Go
Way
Good
" The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron. "
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Step
Saying
First Step
" I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful. "
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Many
Out
Better
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Able
Should
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Say
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Day
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" Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else. "
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Trying
Nothing
Country