| Rick Mach, a native
of New York, N.Y., began his career at age 23 when he started a weekly newspaper in Aspen,
Colo., gaining recognition for his cartoon strips and ads called "The Aspen
Funnies." In recent years he has also
focused on children, teaching school drawing workshops and after-school enrichment
programs in a dozen states including, most recently, The Rollings School of the Arts in
Summerville, SC. During this time, he was also an "illustrating storyteller,"
drawing the stories as he told them. He has written and illustrated children's books for |

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