Here’s a comic by Adrian Tomine from the New Yorker, May 2nd, 2005. I remember having this conversation almost verbatim (in Dutch, naturally) with my barber back in my home town, when I was home for summer from University, back in the 80’s.
I was quite addicted to Tomine’s Optic Nerve series at one time, but I got over it, I think. Every time a new issue comes out, I have a relapse, tough…
Here and here are good interviews with Tomine. Read and learn…