After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

My biggest kick comes from the individual fans I run into. Middle-aged men ask me when we're going to do more Johnny Quest cartoons.

Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

Except for me, no one in my family could draw.