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Mark Vargas, John Totleben (Swamp Thing, Miracle Man), Harry A. Chesler, David Schwartz (Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys), Larry Loc and Tom Yeates (Swamp Thing, Time Spirits, Tarzan) photo taken by Christ Kalnick not shown (NON: The Transcendental Extraterrestrial)

Got a care package from my buddy Chris Kalnick yesterday. In it was a copy of this a photo of Harry A. Chesler`s 80 something-or-other birthday party. We found out it was his birthday and took him a cake in the afternoon. He was going out to eat with his family that evening but my little group of Kubert Students thought it would be nice to do something.

Harry was the guy who gave Joe Kubert his start. He had art files full of the most amazing original artwork. He had some good stories too.

Of this group of QB Students it is interesting that almost all of us have made our living as full time artists and quite a number of us still do. It is above the avarage for any sampling in any art school. Maybe it has something to do with all of us volunteering for something above and beyond?

I can always tell if a student is really going to make it by their willing to jump in with both feet and start living in the art world. The ones that can`t be bothered, some luck out some don`t. But the ones that jump in, they become part of the art world they join.