about
steve
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. |