Author: Vincent P. Sansone

VINCENT SANSONE HAS ALWAYS LOVED DRAWING. EVEN AS A LITTLE KID. HE STARTED OUT SCRIBBLING LIKE MOST KIDS AND GRADUATED TO STICK FIGURES. WHEN BOYS WERE STARTING TO TAKE MOTORS APART AND PUT BACK TOGETHER, HE CONTINUED DRAWING. HE WAS STILL DRAWING IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE HATED SCHOOL AND WHEN HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL HE VOWED HE”D NEVER GO TO SCHOOL AGAIN. AFTER HE WORKED IN A FACTORY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE WENT TO ART SCHOOL TO STUDY PAINTING AND DRAWING. THAT WASN”T THE FIRST TIME HE HAD TO EAT HIS WORDS, BY THE TIME HE WAS GETTING HIS BFA IN PAINTING HE DISCOVERED CLAY. IT HAD BEEN THERE ALL ALONG BUT HE HADN”T NOTICED. THEN HE GOT HIS MFA IN CERAMIC ARTS AND HAS BEEN MAKING POTS AND CLAY SCULPTURE, TEACHING CLAY TO OTHERS AND STILL DRAWING, OF COURSE. THE FIRST CARTOON HE PUT OUT FOR ALL TO SEE WAS IN 1979. IT WAS THE DEMISE OF RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, WHICH WAS FUNNY TO HIM AND A GREAT CHRISTMAS CARD. HE CONTINUES TO DRAW CARTOONS. HE SAYS “LIFE IS TO BE ENJOYED AND IF YOU CAN FIND HUMOR IN IT THAT MAKES IT MORE FUN. AND IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT HUMOR WITH OTHERS, THAT”S BETTER STILL!”