About
About the Artist and Creation of Gag Me Comics
Hi, my name is James W. Carver, I am the creator of Gag Me Comics and the Gag Me Comics.com website where I display my collection of eclectic comics and cartoons.
I was born in the mid-1950’s in the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. My father was in a doctoral candidate at University of Southern California and my mother, a former Hollywood child actress, worked for the Atomic Energy Commission. I remember quite a bit about my years in California, even though my residence there was short-lived.
Cold Feet
I was five years old when our family moved to a flat, wind-swept, suburb of Chicago, Illinois. I had been transported from my warm, western confines to nine long years of cold, wintry gales. I also experienced Chicago’s biggest recorded snowfall! I drew extensively in those days, usually of World War II military aircraft; I only dabbled in comics because I wasn’t funny, an affliction that still haunts me to this day!
Humid
In 1968, we moved to Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, where I found the climate, although very humid, to be much more to my liking. I took a few art classes in high school, but I was too busy messing around to be serious about anything. Somehow I graduated, but they probably just wanted me out of there.
Scholar
After a year of malingering at a junior college, I attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO (aka Mizzou). Surprisingly, I graduated with a science degree, but they probably just wanted me out of there. I did take a few art courses while at “Mizzou” but I never did anything with comics.
Where’s the Beach?
Fast forward to early 1990’s, I moved to South Florida to get involved in an entrepreneurial effort that turned out to be a big lie. I was desperate, so I became the Assistant Manager of a large restaurant chain, which is another story. I hated my job because my salary hardly paid the bills, the hours sucked and upper management was corrupt… three strikes. I started drawing comics again, but I never submitted any of them.
Rejected
Eventually, I made my way back to St. Louis where, after a few years, I gathered a representative portion of my comic collection and mailed it to the various syndicates. I was promptly and rudely rejected. In fact, I felt that their rejection letters bordered on botheration.
Undeterred
Undeterred, I decided to build the GagMeComics.com website, so that I could impose my rejected Gag Me Comics onto the masses!
Thank You!
James W. Carver
Gag Me Comics Creator
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