Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut. Bill Griffith More Quotes by Bill Griffith More Quotes From Bill Griffith I just became one with my browser software. Bill Griffith browserscomputersoftware I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork. Bill Griffith doing-goodproblemartist All life is a blur of Republicans and meat. Bill Griffith republicanmeatlife-is A full, rich drawing style is a drawback. Bill Griffith richstyledrawing Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively. Bill Griffith languagepeople Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level. Bill Griffith condescendinglevelsway Frivolity is a stern taskmaster. Bill Griffith frivolity 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 adultsrealkids I always thought of Levittown as a joke. Bill Griffith jokes 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 alaskafeministcharacter Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head. Bill Griffith acid-rainacidbigs 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 teamover-youpeople I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if thats what youd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other. Bill Griffith new-yorkartschool If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip. Bill Griffith ifswind Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America. Bill Griffith rock-and-rollrocksamerica Going too far is half the pleasure of not getting anywhere. Bill Griffith pleasurehalf My first character was Mr. Toad. Bill Griffith toadscharacterfirsts Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist. Bill Griffith umpiresartistyears The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of like it light. Bill Griffith lightsidesculture Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a lot of mindless conformity. Bill Griffith conformitycommunitykind
