I'm a freelance cartoonist based in Bristol, RI. For 20 years I have been working professionally as a cartoonist. Over that time, I have been published on local and national levels. I currently work for an alternative weekly newspaper in Rhode Island—The Providence Phoenix. I have been published in the Phoenix since 1992. In addition, since 1991 I have been the Resident Cartoonist at the Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence. At the hospital I work bedside with patients, teaching them to draw cartoons, and drawing for them.

I hold a degree in design from Dartmouth College (BA, 1983), although I never drew a cartoon for a class there (I sometimes got in trouble for including them in my work). When starting my cartooning career, I benefited from the advice and encouragement of two of my favorite cartoonists: Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and Don Bousquet (Mr. Quahog). In 1984 I was first published professionally in two college papers and several Rhode Island weeklies. Over my career I have been published in a variety of weekly and daily newspapers, as well as nationally circulated sports magazines.

Besides my hospital and newspaper work, I also do a considerable amount of cartoon teaching at this time. I have developed a very easy to learn, easy to remember method of cartooning. I teach this method in elementary schools throughout Rhode Island, as well as in senior centers and libraries. The range in age of my students to this point is 3 to 101 years (no kidding). On four occasions I have been invited to teach cartooning programs in England, where my method has been well received.

I do my best to use cartooning to support good causes, including blood and marrow donation, organ donation, cancer support charities and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Most of my support of these causes involves doing promotional work for free, or creating advocacy t-shirts to raise awareness. I also financially support the Tomorrow Fund for children with cancer by donating a percentage of profit from sales of my cartoon prints and t-shirts.

Beyond the work mentioned above, I also do a Rhode Island Awareness program inspired by my, “Rhode Island...can be puzzling” map of the state. My professional business identity is Fly By Knight Designs, which has been operating since 1988.