I worked at Scholastic when Graphix launched, they had a party for Jeff Smith, which I went to as an employee, I managed to butt my way into a group of cartoonists, I think it was maybe Paul Pope who said to me as I said hello to Frank Miller, something like, this is your shot

and he was right, I said the exact right clever interesting things, and became best friends with all of them that night

let that be a lesson to you all, when you meet cartoonists you want to be best friends with, say the exact right perfect things, don't screw it up #cartoonisttips

one time I was introduced to a cartooning hero of mine by a mutual acquaintance, and it seemed OK and comfortable, but then I started gushing, and it was as if one of those automatic limo glass panels rose up across his eyes separating us