So I'm out headed to an Indian restauraunt today for some curried goat, chicken vindaloo and tandoori chicken when I pull up to a stop light in the fancy part of town.
I look over to my left and see an old 40s era Dodge in mint condition and I call my sons attention to the Old car.
As it pulls away I see the liscense plate: COMICS and I catch a glimpse of the man in his late fifties wearing a 1940s era Fedora.
It was Don Rosa.
Don Rosa is a multi-award winning artist for Disney illustrating Scrooge McDuck. He is not well known in the US but has scads of fan in europe (do a web search and you'll find tons of fan sites based in Europe)
Before he broke big with Disney he illustrated a serial comic in the local newspaper: Kentuckys own Superhero Captain Kentucky.
Captain Kentucky a send up of superheros with tons of in jokes and a wacky sense of humor.
He'd keep a running tally of the mileage of his old car in the white spaces between panels.
When I worked for the local paper (in delivery) I'd catch a glimpse of him in the SCENE office occasionally and nod to him. Unfortunately I never met him.
You can find out more about him and some examples of his artwork at the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Rosa
http://duckman.pettho.com/
http://lambiek.net/artists/r/rosa_don.htm
http://www.galerielaqua.de/galerielaqua ... onRosa.jpg