Rick Stromoski

Rick Stromoski (born December 25, 1958) is an American cartoonist whose work includes the syndicated comic strips ''Mullets'' and ''Soup to Nutz''.

Stromoski grew up in Edison, New Jersey, part of a family of twelve children, and graduated from Edison High School in 1977. He is a self-taught artist who was influenced by the artists of ''Mad'' magazine, including Jack Davis, Don Martin, Sergio Aragonés, Paul Coker, Dave Berg, Al Jaffee, and Mort Drucker. His favorite comic strips were ''Andy Capp'' and ''Smokey Stover''.

Stromoski's career started out in the greeting card industry. He illustrated books for such publishers as Macillan, Workman, and Random House.

Stromoski's daily strip ''Soup to Nutz'' was syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association from 2000 to 2018. He teamed up with fellow cartoonist Steve McGarry to produce the syndicated strip ''Mullets'' from November 24, 2003, to January 15, 2005.

Stromoski was president of the National Cartoonist Society (NCS) from 2005 to 2007. Provided by Wikipedia