How Did I Get Here?

The definitive memoir of the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist and former Saturday Night Live writer, tracing his creative and personal journey from his humble Canadian child- and early-adulthood to his "Mad Men" advertising days and New York City success.From austere post-WWII Ontario (Simcoe County) to Mad Men-era New York City to the hallowed halls of Saturday Night Live and The New Yorker, Bruce McCall has seen it all. With wit, candor, and showcasing cover illustrations from Bruce's storied career, his lifetime and career memoir will charm his many fans and anyone who knows and loves the places and eras he describes so well.Excerpt from HOW DID I GET HERE?:"I've virtually always written and drawn simultaneously and can offer no scientific reason for it. I'm an artist and a writer—maybe better defined as writer who draws and paints. My first act in making an illustration is to pepper a page with free-form,...