Where did the idea for Angry Little Girls come from?
Lela Lee: I came up with Angry Little Girls as an umbrella name to house the original character Angry Asian Little Girl and her friends. She was “born” my sophomore year in college at UC Berkeley where I was an angry young college grad mad at the world. I grew up as one of a handful of minorities [in San Dimas], so I was made fun of for being different. My parents were really strict and just trying to assimilate. I couldn’t really talk to them about the mean things kids said at school. One time I did, and they just responded “Be nice.” They just wanted us to get good grades, and become doctors or lawyers. I was also the youngest, and I could never talk back to my three older sisters or my parents, so I just bottled up a keg of gun powder by the time I got to college. RJ: What are some of the influences on your work? LL: Charles Schultz, Jules Feiffer, Matt Groening. RJ: How has the reaction been from friends and family? LL: Fans love it, and the family doesn’t really care. My mom doesn
