In case
you want to psychoanalyze the artist (and who wouldn't?), these
strange but TRUE facts may or may not help.
Did you know that
Mr. Moriarity:
- was born in the windy city, a product of horny art
students?
- is mysteriously disgusted by tuna fish, especially in a can?
- was not only afraid of Mad Magazine as a kid, but looked so much like
Alfred E. Neuman, that other kids made fun of him for it?
- was a cub scout, but dropped out a disillusioned Weebeloe? (he never
did figure out exactly what a "weebeloe" was, or how to spell
it)
- walked beans and detassled corn? and was thankful?
- went to junior high and high school in the town that went "Cold
Turkey"? (Norman Lear movie)
- missed going to state finals in the 440 yard dash by one tenth of a
second? (it still gets to him)
- bagged groceries? and was courteous?
- had a cushy, big-shot job at a high profile record store for several
years until it went bankrupt, then ended up working at Wendy's, carrying
5 gallon buckets of grease to the dumpsters?
- did a photo-collage that appeared in Soul Asylums' very first CD, "Say
What you Will, Clarence"?
- is the Iowa State intramural hacky sac champion of 1983? (271 consecutive
kicks!)
- got a bachelors degree in graphic design from Iowa State University,
but they held his diploma hostage for a year, until he could pay off
a short term student loan?
- was a male stripper at Ye Olde Print Shoppe? (darkroom)
- reformatted all the early Replacements lps (graphics) into CD format,
back when CDs were just getting popular?
- won the grand prize of the Twin City Readers' very first annual cartoon
contest, out of over 300 entries?
- has direct lineage to William Farnum, the silent film actor?
- drew the artwork on the infamous "1-800-meat bags" that David
Letterman made fun of on television, back in the eighties?
- created the posters for the famous Minneapolis venue FIRST AVENUE's
20th anniversary?
- will listen to any CD at least once, regardless of the packaging?
- designed and drew the original -Buckman-, the icon for the Big Dollar
Store, now a chain in the Midwest?
- once drew Alvin and the Chipmunks for a variety of business slide show
presentations?
- is a card carrying member of the SPMC?
- illustrated a variety of portapotty designs for Satellite portable toilets?
shared a house with cartoonists J.R. Williams, R.L. Crabb, and Jeremy
Eaton?
- once gave a slightly uncomfortable R. Crumb a hasty ride to the airport
in his beat up $800 Datsun?
- worked for five years as an art director for Fantagraphics books? (with
two as art director of the Comics Journal)
- was included in Rolling Stone Magazine's Hot List as Hot Cartoonist
of '96?
- did the Bill the helpful Pimple cartoons for Jenny McCarthy?
- was approached by a German soft drink company to do a German OK soda
rip off, but backed out after OK bombed?
- has one ear that works great, and another that barely works at all?
(this could explain a lot!)
In case
you want to psychoanalyze the artist (and who wouldn't?), these
strange but TRUE facts may or may not help.
