On Career Day In High

I Actually Find A Lot Of Parallels In Jazz And Cartooning.

Usually When I Sat Down To Draw A Cartoon, It Would Be More Of A Reflection Of Things In My Past. Or It Could Be Something I Had Experienced That Morning, Or That Week, Or Something I Might Know That's Part Of My Background.

Wait A Minute! This Is Grass! We've Been Eating Grass!

I Thought Some Of My Earlier Cartoons Were Not Exactly Great Shakes At The Time I Drew Them. Now I See A Certain Innocence In Them. The Humor Has A Kind Of Purity To It, I Guess. And It Works Better On Some Level For Me Now.

Humans Have Changed Ecosystems More Rapidly And Extensively Than In Any Comparable Period Of Time In Human History, Largely To Meet Rapidly Growing Demands For Food, Fresh Water, Timber, Fiber And Fuel. This Has Resulted In A Substantial And Largely Irreversible Loss In The Diversity Of Life On Earth.