As a cartoonist, one isn't used to be taken seriously. Have you found that you've had problems with people taking your work seriously? I think over the past decade, certainly, cartoonists have come to be taken more seriously,. probably simply because people who have been reading our stuff have aged right along with us.
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.