The Cartoonist



The Cartoonist was born in the 70's, under a different name, but, in the year 2004, he had his name legally changed to Johann-Octavius Xailenrath Gans. That should tell you what you need to know of his mindstate.

He was born on the East Coast, raised in The South and, after many moves, which have afforded him the distinction of having lived in every major time zone of the Lower 48, is now living in The Pacific NorthWest. Still suffering from culture shock, he does his best to get along. The copious amounts of the PNW's famed coffee helps, immensely.

Behind The Scenes
In the last 23 years, The Cartoonist has created over 240 comics projects... only about 85 of which have ever been seen online.. and maybe 5 of those have ever made it past 30 (published) pages.

He also suffers from a rather odd internet-fuelled identity crisis that has had him operate under a number of usernames across various social media and art sites while trying to "find himself". He seems to right himself, the longer he stays away from the internet and the aforementioned art sites. Unfortunately, modern life generally makes such a thing extremely difficult for long periods of time.