Bio
Personal
Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina and Michigan, John started drawing comics when he was eight-years-old. He’s married now (to his high-school sweetheart), has three beautiful children, two needy cats, and works as a marketing and technical communications specialist, but can still be found more often than not hunched over his drawing table.
Education
John has a Bachelor of Science degree in Scientific and Technical Communications with a minor in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. This would be the proverbial “road less traveled” to a career in cartooning.
Awards
John’s cartoons have been stuck on refrigerators, office cubicles, and bulletin boards — the highest award a cartoonist can hope for. He has drawn comics for various newspapers, magazines, companies, and websites. Primary clients: Grand Rapids Business Journal, Grand Rapids Press, MLive newspapers, MLive.com, and presently MichiganPublic.org (previously MichiganRadio.org) as well as being syndicated through the Michigan Press Association
Quote
Everybody can draw. John is living proof of this. Through practice and a willingness to take chances, he has taken a seed of meager artistic talent and grown it into a flourishing hibiscus of meager artistic talent.
October 3-6
