Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes.

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.

I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally.

I'm very fond of the strictly visual cartoons I did when I was breaking in in the 1970's. Over time I migrated to a more verbal approach.

The digital realm give cartoons and cartoonists more possibilities for exposure.

Primitive, naive drawing can also be good drawing but it's hard to pull off. I don't think most submitters realize that.

I've learned not to look a gift horse in the mouth. Why you would want to look any horse the mouth considering how infrequently they brush is beyond me.