LOGO GALLERY: Cartoons for all ages - Tales from the Edge - Trademark

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    I was raised primarily in a boarding school, in mid-west America, that was originally an American Civil War orphanage for children. The school was completely self contained with its own livery (horse stables), Civil War church, hospital built in the 1800's, dairy farms, cow pastures, orchards and a large lake with geese, ducks and swan.

    The old hospital---which was converted into a girl's dormitory in the 1950's---was where I lived while staying at the school. This ancient edifice from the 1850's still had a vast array of items like Civil War wheel chairs and writings, like: "Horatio Preston was here"  written on the walls of its enormous attic where I would sit for hours while the older girls would take turns telling ghost stories. 

    There were several Civil War cannons on the school grounds placed  conspicuously and a lot of dead people paintings on the 14 foot high walls, also, everywhere. It was really spooky; and, I was scared out of my wits half the time. However, I learned a weird sense of humor that plagues me even today and still helps me write macabre stories and create strange cartoons.