When Ohio State’s new Student Union  opened back in 2010, I started receiving calls and emails from friends near and far.  Long story short, thanks to OSU Cartoon Library/Museum curator Dr. Lucy Shelton Caswell, my cartoon artwork was included in the Union’s third floor Cartoon Conference Room.  And these friends had visited the new Union during it’s opening weeks. […]

   30 years ago, when I attended OSU, I threw a lot Frisbee on the Oval.  During Spring Quarter, as soon as the weather warmed up, I carried my Frisbee to class just so I could toss it around with whichever friend or frat brother I met while crossing the oval. Here it is 30 years later and, during […]

This past Saturday, The National Cartoonists Society gathered in Boston for the annual Reuben Awards. It was an extra special night as the NCS  awarded Ohio State Professor Lucy Shelton Caswell the Silver T-Square.   “THE SILVER T-SQUARE is awarded, by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, to persons who have demonstrated outstanding dedication […]

Recently, a fellow cartoonist shared a Popeye video on his Facebook wall.  (However, I don’t own the copyright, so I’m afraid I can’t post here.  If you Google “Popeye,” many videos will come up. ) The particular video shared was from a 1938 Popeye cartoon called Goonland and produced by the Fleischer animation studios. Seeing […]

My alma mater is The Ohio State University.  I’m a life member of the alumni association.  And, like many other alums, I’m on a lot of the university’s mailing lists. On February 16, 2011, I (along with other Alumni, students, faculty, and staff) received an email from Ohio State University  president E. Gordon Gee. The […]

When I was a college student at The Ohio State University, I lived in the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity house. My fellow frat brothers were a bunch of really good guys.  And the years spent in that house were some of the best of all my college days.  I made a lot of good and […]

I started my cartooning career back in the late 1970’s by drawing a daily comic strip for the school newspaper, The Ohio State Lantern.  The comic strip was called George and, I gotta tell ya, having it published in a college newspaper was a big deal!  I was thrilled at the opportunity!  The Lantern was […]