I'm a Colorado-based cartoonist and illustrator, and began drawing when I was old enough to hold a crayon without also eating it. This early self-imposed dietary restriction led to work for some school newspapers, (the pre-school newspaper was the back of a spare Pampers.) My clients range from small businesses and start ups to Fortune 100 firms like Bayer, Cisco Systems, Fidelity Investments, Google, Intel, McDonalds, Ralph Lauren and Time Warner. I have had the good fortune to illustrate over 40 books, including some bestsellers, published by MacMillan, Pearson,  Penguin, Prentice Hall, Random House and Wiley.   At times, I'm still mildly tempted to eat/suck on my drawing utensils, but I use a digital drawing screen now, so there is a 120 volt "incentive" not to do so. (Technology has come a long way.)