When I was a kid, I used to draw my own comic strips, and my ambition at the age of twelve or thirteen was to become another Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) or Hal Foster (Prince Valiant). I got pretty good, actually, but other things kind of intruded the way they do. I worked for some time as a production illustrator for little Billy Boeing's kite factory (the 727-200 number 2 engine firewall is mine). I still draw and sketch from time to time, but usually just irreverent cartoons.

Now, mostly, I draw flies. . . .

Don Firth