Cartoons filling up his blank
notebooks with monsters, superheroes
& parodies of politicians – King Kong,
George H.W. Bush & Spiderman. 
 
There were exaggerations – gigantic 
mole on a goblin, enlarged hairy fists 
of Bigfoot, Bush’s caricature with a long,
flabby neck like a Thanksgiving turkey.
 
I learned the twisted backstory
of Bruce Banner, soft spoken-nuclear
physicist, who absorbed gamma rays
while rescuing a teenager only to turn
 
into Incredible Hulk, whose rage
exploded the angrier he got. We took
a ferry, drove 90-miles to a comic book
convention. I became a fan. Go Spidey!
 
I remember when he drew an 8 x10
caricature of Bill Clinton with a bulbous nose
& two Big Macs. Like the Hulk, when frustrated,
anger consumed him like a flame.