101Keys

I use to be a freelanc cartoonist and storyboard artist in NY when I was out of HS. I was just a pup and never made great money, but did get a gig working on a would-be movie storyboard that lasted nearly a year. The guy I worked for had dreams of getting Bette Midler, Robert Redford, and Danny DeVito to star in his movie (yeah, right.) but I knew from the script that it would be a dog of a film if it ever gets made. Needless to say, It was a steady paycheck, I met a couple of Hollywood scriptwriting wanna-bees, and a really good clay artist who was a recovering alchy, my favorite past time was to try to get this goober to have a beer with the rest of us good-for-nothings during lunch (we wanted to see him make a jackass out of himself during work hours, but he never took us up on the offer, lucky him, heh heh).

Before that I did worked as a insigmia designer for a crappy little sweatshop called "Stormin' Norman's Satin Jackets". The owner was a coked-up ex racecare driver (or so I was told) who would go completely mental and dangerous at the drop of a hat. It was kind of neat to reproduce drawings of broadway plays, concerts, and King Features and Archies cartoon characters into patches for the roadie-type satin jackets, but the bosses temper eventually made almost the entire staff quit (I think he's dead now).

I did a small stint in the Navy and was delighted to go on a Western Tour for six months. My favorite; Japan. I was amazed to see old codger buying mangas and openly reading them everywhere. Mangas were like soap operas and they were more geared to the adult mind rather than kids. I got hooked.

Right now I draw mainly for myself, but I'm putting together an American Manga of my own that I one day hope to market. The story and characters are still developing but at a good pace. Too bad I didn't think up Kappa Mikey!

Current Residence: Washington, DC
deviantWEAR sizing preference: XL
Favourite genre of music: 80's
Favourite style of art: All appeal to me
Operating System: XP, Vista, Snow Leopard
Favourite cartoon character: Donald Duck
Personal Quote: Uh...yeah!