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Max Cannon
American
Artist
About the author
Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Culture
#Politics
#Events
Now interpersonal politics... that's what it's all about.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Now
#Politics
People are essentially red meat. They are.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#People
People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#People
People get really caught up in their own trips.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#People
That's not so important to me, that time thing.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Time
The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
These censorship people think something is going to promote behavior in people.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#People
#Censorship
#Behavior
We all have our pet things that we like to get religious about.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Religious
#Pet
What really grabs me about living in Tucson is the color beige.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Living
Milkmen seem so wholesome, and there's no way anybody can be that wholesome.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
You ever try to go a day without judgment?
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Day
#Judgment
We live in a society that blames everybody else for what's wrong.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Society
#Wrong
We're going to have the same demographic spread of nutcases and the same spread of everybody in between.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
I don't want to wait more than a year and a half or two years between books.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Want
#Years
#Books
As soon as I can afford a studio space, I'll paint again.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Space
But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Cause
#Actions
Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Character
#Dad
It's just something that's sort of funny, sort of not.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Funny
I grew up in a military family, and there's something about that military-style uniform, all cleaned up, a brutal control effort the military necessarily breeds.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Family
#Control
#Effort
#Military
I hope to actually get back to painting someday... soon. I sort of transitioned into cartooning from painting.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Hope
#Painting
I imagine I'll continue on doing it for many years to come.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Years
I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Want
#Pleasure
#Smoking
I just thought I'd take a break from publishing for a while.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Thought
#Publishing
I wanted to be a painter.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
I was doing illustration work, and the cartooning slowly took over.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Work
I'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humorous.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Trying
I am too old for an eyebrow piercing but too young for an eyebrow lift.
Max Cannon,
American
Artist
#Old