Bucknell University has posted a profile of Close to Home creator John McPherson who graduated from the university in 1983.
The genesis of Close to Home, McPherson said, began during his time at Bucknell, where he indulged his creativity with a degree in English while satisfying his practical side by studying mechanical engineering. He drew his first comic during a break from school, after one of his friends remarked that the comics that Sunday were terrible, and that he could do better.
“It really came out of a desire to express my sense of humor,” McPherson said. “I tried to make it as a freelance writer at the same time I was trying to make it as a cartoonist. I just found it easier to break into cartooning and illustration than I did as a writer, because there were simply fewer people out there trying to do it.”
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