After being born in a small Ohio town and growing up on a steady diet of Saturday morning cartoons, the Sunday Funnies and cereal, Duane joined the ranks of professional cartooning at the age of thirteen, selling cartoons to several small magazines and regional publications. Applying the four words to success mentality, Duane walked into his hometown newspaper at the age of fifteen with the comic strip "ZED". Duane was offered a full tuition scholarship to the University of Akron, to major in Theatre Arts (scene stealing and overacting). While continuing to draw ZED, Duane somehow found time to also tour as their beloved mascot, Zippy the Kangaroo! Duane married his college sweetheart, Coral, and soon welcomed his first child into the world. He then took control of his creative destiny and formed Corkey Comics, ensuring that "ZED" would always have a home in book collections and newspapers. "ZED" currently appears in several weekly newspapers and has been collected into Corkey Comics book publications. Duane is proud to be a member of The National Cartoonists Society and has been nominated for the Ignatz Award. In the summer of 2014 he wrote, directed and starred in the comedic stage play JELLY JARS. Duane travels to 100+ schools every year presenting his student assembly "Draw Your Destiny" and is also the screenwriter of the romantic comedy feature films "HEARTLAND HARMONY" and "A CHRISTMAS DRAWN TOGETHER". Duane and his wife Coral are proud parents of two boys, Zackie and Clayton, and live in a small Ohio town.

Areas of Expertise

• Newspaper Strip