"Just because a woman has a pimp doesn't necessarily mean that she's being abused by the guy. You can't know for sure."
"I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again."
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Source: Chester Himes (2011). “The Crazy Kill”, p.158, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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