Denise Dorrance, creator of new YOU cartoon Mimi, tells Jane Gordon how she found inspiration for her outrageous leading lady – and why she’s not like her (well, not too much) in real life On the ...

“In our house, we don’t like thrill rides,” says Mimi Pond in her latest installment. “Thirty years of self-employment is thrill enough.” She goes on to show bits and pieces of her frugal lifestyle.

Mimi Pond is a cartoonist and writer who has illustrated and written numerous books and the premiere episode of "The Simpsons." She lives in Los Feliz with her husband, the painter Wayne White, and ...