We all had to  start somewhere. These pages help you share my bumpy ride. Maybe it’ll encourage young cartoonists who are just starting out. I should warn you, though, it could get ugly. Look away if it hurts.

Peepal:

My very first published cartoon panel, Peepal, ran weekly in The Burlington Gazette from 1975-76.

This one ran just after the movie, “Jaws” was released. It was one of my first sales.

A few years later I saw the same gag in a National Enquirer, same caption, same set up but with a tiger head over a fireplace.

It made me realize that two cartoonists can and do create very similar gags without knowing it.

It happens. Being very new at the game, I felt flattered that a gag I dreamt up could sell to a national paper.

“I keep it for sentimental reasons… it ate my wife!”

This one shows neighbours shoveling their walks into each others drive. An gag I got from having it happen to me.