Welcome to Lumpy Gravy (SIGNED)

For those who are not already among the 5 million readers devoted to John Long's syndicated cartoons, Welcome to Lumpy Gravy: Created by John Long, a fireman who was also an artist with a grass-roots art fair following. Lumpy Gravy won a highly publicized competition to replace "The Far Side" cartoon in The Detroit News in 1995.

Perhaps it was the 14 years of life-and-death drama on the job as a fireman that bent John Long's mind into creating the freshest, funniest, oddest, ever-so-deliciously twisted material that comes out as: "Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head consider plastic surgery." William Penn and his brother, Bic." "The wicked witch of the Midwest."

With over 250 cartoons, plus a 16-page full-color insert, John Long proves on every page that he's trying to take cartooning to the next level. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, and Troll Book Club. 68,000 copies in print.

After he graduated college with a degree in fine arts, John Long became a fireman because he couldn't find work as an art teacher. Having spent 15 years on the fire squad, he now devotes all his time to his art, and to his nationally syndicated cartoon, Lumpy Gravy. When he's not in the studio, he is exhibiting at art fairs around the country. On the rare occasions when he takes a vacation, John and his wife Janet travel to New York City to catch up on museums, galleries, and big city energy. John and Janet divide their time between Ann Arbor, Michigan and a mobile home park in Florida.