During my career in publishing, I've been an art director, illustrator, graphic designer, writer, gamer and — last but not least — cartoonist. I am currently working for the alt-weekly The Independent and designing books.
My profile on the site for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has this to say about me: "For most of his career, J.P. has signed his cartoons under the pen name "Jape," a nickname he's had since he was about 6 —the same age, coincidentally, at which he decided he wanted to be a cartoonist. It was only later he discovered it was, like, a real word. You can imagine his disappointment the first time he googled his pen name and discovered it wasn't as unique as he once thought: in addition to being the nickname of dead rock legend J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, Jape shares the title with TWO rock bands, a mathematical software program, the Journal of Australian Political Economy, and —his favorite —an S&M club in Florida."