In learning about honey bee culture, i guess thike the women basically do all the work, and men are just jerks. So i thought it would be funny to try to write about a bee that felt really bad about that. I mean, fundamentally, that's what you try to do. As a parent, when you're telling stories to as to deprive id some sense of a moral compass to a child in one way or another. But at the same time weird things coming out and your story telling that you don't necessarily want your kid to hear.
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Chris Ware discusses his influences – including sending a Valentine to Charlie Brown – and explains why empathy figures so heavily into his work.