I went to Bemidji State University, studied graphic design and illustration. Did a really bad cartoon for the school paper. Played a lot of Dungeons and Dragons. Wasted too much time there. I finally moved down to the cities and married the girl I had a crush on since second grade! I became a caricature artist out at Valleyfair, an amusement park, which was a great and wonderful experience. I learned a lot from the other artists, and gained a lot more confidence. I also got the chance to work alongside my brother as well out there. I also worked for a fair sized newspaper and got a chance to print some editorial cartoons, and formed a couple of characters that turned into a daily comic strip called "True North," which I'm still producing.

I also got the chance to draw illustrations for Kenzer & Co.; their Hackmaster product, drawing hundreds of monsters! What a dream. I also drew a Spacehack comic for their monthly magazine/comic, which is where I met Erik Bouchard. Erik wrote me and offered to help write some strips, which he did, and it was good. Erik and I even did a spin-off of Spacehack, "Redshirts," but it was too close to Spacehack, which was a copyright issue. Anyway, I lost the heart to draw Spacehack, and Erik offered me a great opportunity to move my Flying Ferret online comic from Geocities to his own server---and the rest, as they say, is history. And, Erik and I decided to start a Webcomic group--actually, it's more Erik's idea, but my brother Ross supplied the name, and here we are: a great place for web artists/cartoonists to get together.

Anyway, I eventually moved back to my hometown area. I got a job designing t-shirts, posters, etc.; just graphic design stuff. It's okay for now. Who knows what I'll do next. One dream is to own a local comic/game shop and put on regular D&D games. This town would be ideal for that. So, I still have my comic strip, and now with the new format for Flying Ferret, I can keep that regularly updated. I have a stepson, and three beautiful daughters, two dogs, a good-sized house, and WAAY too many cats!

That's enough for you to know. Anything else would be boring. You can email me at : dugabug@arvig.net