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Yesterday I wrote about my days doing comic strips for Syracuse University’s “Daily Orange”. It occured to me that many of today’s most talented cartoonists and illustrators also got their start on the same comic page. Four have already been written up on the Channel Frederator Blog! ALL of the following artists started their careers in the very same college newspaper.

Nicholoas Guerwitch, cartoonist of the brilliant nationally syndicated strip “The Perry Bible Fellowship”. Never met him at school, but now we email regularly.

Neil Swaab, cartoonist of the disturbing “Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles”. Yet another nationally syndicated strip. I run into this guy all the time in NYC.

Devin Clark, one of my close friends since college and now an amazing animator and motion graphics artist. He did the Comedy Central ID’s that were featured on the Channel Frederator podcast.

Bryan Mandronico, who I’ve known for over a decade, is now a up-and-coming painter in Seattle. Also, he’s a rapper who I’ve made a couple albums with. You can hear him on our epic song Octapoc

Masheka Wood, a fellow Brooklyn resident, is the creator of the regularly updated web-comic “Not Just Knee Deep”.

Ron Yavnieli, who was interviewed extensively a couple weeks ago on the Frederator blog is now a Los-Angeles animator and comedian.

Sean Murray, was the art director of the Daily Orange and now creates insanely awesome digital paintings of monsters.

and those are just the guys who were at Syracuse at the same time as me! Back in the archives we’ve got:

Brad Wilson, creator of Marmaduke.

Robb Armstrong, creator of “Jump Start”

Pulitzer Prive winning political cartoonist Jim Morin

and last but not certainly not least, underground comic legend Vaughn Bode who did comics for the Daily Orange in the 60’s.

Amazing. I’m honored to be part of this legacy!

Dan Meth