I’ve never drawn Barack Obama. Thinking back on it now, I imagine I could’ve gotten into it; maybe even reveled in it. Okay, yeah, on occasion, even reaching that euphoric state of frenzy again, whereby I’d be reduced to a giggling, unshaven shuffler who mumbled dialogue bubbles to himself while standing in line at Chipolte’ (not that I ever did that).

Here's something that I think anyone concerned with kids, education, peace and justice throughout our planet and galaxy, should know about. David LaMattina and Chad Walker, two friends at Blue Sky Studios have created a feature length documentary about a pen-pal program between a group of at-risk sixth graders in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn and orphans in war-torn Freetown, Sierra Leone.

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Turkey Day (the bird, not the country)!

It started out as usual; accepting a request from the wonderful Barb Huff to do a library talk at The Farmington Public Library, in what is called the Four Corners region. “Four Corners” refers to the meeting of four states: Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. While that is a truly amazing thing all by itself, I am told a person can actually get down on all fours and literally put each hand and each foot in a different state; that is beyond cool.

Now that I have this beautiful site, I finally have a place where my fans can visit to find everything from new books, classroom activites, to free bookmarks. I want you to feel like you're getting value out of the information I am posting, so here is where I ask for your help.

I thought it would be nice to share some of my new Max Spaniel bookmarks, so get 'em while they're hot!

I recently visited school in New Mexico and did my usual presentation, meaning I wing it. Generally I'm not too sure what I'm going to say until it literally leaps out of my mouth but in this particular case, I opened with a surprisingly unexpected mention of a rash I felt developing on my arm in anticipation of going onstage.

Hello everyone! Well here it is, the official launch entry of my very own blog and while there isn’t a lot of smoke and ground rattling racket, if you listen carefully you’ll hear the cobwebs and dust falling away from my 20th century eyes as I discover a brand new way of talking and doing.

I Just thought you all should be aware of a few things before you go rummaging through my site. You’ve been officially warned!