"There does seem to be a profound common denominator of self hatred," she says. "It's, i mean, yet, i'll look at my pages when i'm done with them, and think, oh my god, that looks terrible." She adds: 'I do very much envy ters m who seem to not feel that way' The book has filtered all through her consciousness, fundamentally it all comes down through mine.
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.