Just after I noted the upcoming Humbug book, one of the authors passed away; Will Elder died on Thursday.
When I first started cartooning, it was Elder’s style from those early Mad comic books that I imagined when I drew. What emerged from my pencil was entirely different, and pretty disappointing. But I’ve learned to live with it.
I guess you could say that my style evolved from trying to copy Elder’s, and failing.
(This image is from my 1992 comic "Tales of Market Driven Crimes" — one of my more explicit attempts to be Will Elder.)