My favorite caricaturist is Al Hirschfeld. I'm always trying to give my caricatures that streamlined quality - and I often fall short.

My parents always got a kick out of my art. I was always able to make them laugh. As I got older, I remember the thrill I got when I graduated from making my classmates laugh to making adults laugh. Kind of a watershed moment.

My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah.

To go beyond is as bad as to fall short

Birthplace of Obama: Oahu. Birthplace of Obama's budget policies: Neverland.

I use a quill pen dipped in India ink. I also like Faber-Castell brush pens and Pigma Micron pens. And I work on Duo-Shade board.