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ABOUT THE CREATOR OF MUSCLEHEDZ®

FULL NAME: John Anthony Gleneicki

AGE: 16

BIRTHDATE: September 33rd, 1858

BIRTHPLACE: Baffin's Bay, Argentina

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, North Dakota

HEIGHT: 3' 4.5"

CONTEST WEIGHT: 410lbs., 1% Body fat

OFF-SEASON WEIGHT: 415lbs., 90% Body fat

MARITAL STATUS: Married with chicklets

FIRST MUSCLEHEDZ® CARTOON EVER DRAWN: MUSCLEHEDZ® character is in a barber chair bending over and pointing to his back and saying to the barber - "Just a little off the back, Pops!" I drew it in September of 1992.

FAVORITE MUSCLEHEDZ® CARTOON: I'd say, my favorite toon right now is WAIST MANAGEMENT - two personal trainers who thought they were being very clever with their name selection. Sadly, it's come back to haunt them (people leaving trash bags in front of their place of business). Good drawing, short caption - right to the point.

FAVORITE PART ABOUT CARTOONING: Getting Paid.

LEAST FAVORITE PART ABOUT CARTOONING: Drawing the rough art, drawing the finished line art, cutting the frisket paper, and then airbrushing it. Yeah - that's pretty much the whole process. I really dislike it - it's very tedious work.

CARTOONISTS WHO YOU ADMIRE: Gary Larson (The FAR SIDE®), Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes®), Berkeley Breathed (BLOOM COUNTY®)

FAVORITE ANIMATED CARTOON SERIES: Looney Tunes - the entire catalog. And anything else with Mel Blanc's voices on it.

FAVORITE AIRBRUSH: Iawata HP-SB, dual-action. For me, the Lamborghini of air brushes.

FAVORITE AIRBRUSH PAINT: Hansa Transparent Watercolor - It's very hard to get in the U.S. I had it sent from Germany. I bought a boat-load of it.

FAVORITE AIRBRUSH PAPER: Frisk CS10 airbrush paper. As far as I know, this paper is no longer available. I bought so much of it when I heard it was being discontinued. I should be okay for another few years.

FAVORITE BODYPARTS TO DRAW: The upper body, including head.

LEAST FAVORITE BODYPARTS TO DRAW: Hands and feet - I struggle with digits.

WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING IF YOU WEREN'T A CARTOONIST: Well, truthfully, cartooning is just one thing I do. I also have a business called PAINT YOUR OWN GUITAR. I've written several books that teach intermediates, beginners, and first-timers how to paint their own guitar and achieve factory-like results. I've also written for Guitar WORLD magazine as well.

I also have a MMA/UFC cartoon that will blow MUSCLEHEDZ away as far as popularlity goes. I'm currently negotiating with a few companies to bring it to the public.

Finally, I do a lot of other stuff as well - from doing custom airbrush work on guitars for people like Vince Neil of Motley Crue, to designing websites for companies like HELP-U-SELL, Labrada, and Zhanna Rotar, and many more.

LONG-TERM CARTOONING GOALS: To just continue doing what I'm doing and to continue to make a very good living from it. I don't think bodybuilding or this cartoon series will ever be embraced by the general public, so I'm not thinking that this cartoon series will make me the next Matt Groenig (The Simpsons). But by the same token, this cartoon series targets everyone and anyone who trains with weights or belongs to a gym. That means, people from Gold's, Bally's, 24-Hour Fitness, etc... all of these people are my potential audience and somehow I want to reach them all.

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE MUSCLEHEDZ®?: Poverty.

DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A MUSCLEHED?: Does the Pope wear a funny hat? Sorry, your Emenence... Of course I'm a MUSCLEHED. How else could I keep coming up with these cartoons?