I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.

I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.

I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place.

That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly.

I ignore Hallmark Holidays. And this comes from a guy who has sold a million Opus greeting cards.

'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns.

I paint digitally now. A pity, in some ways, as the biggest price one pays is that you no longer have a finished piece of physical art to hang on a wall. I miss that terribly.