John Webster

The Man Behind the Meatball

pencil dude

Albondigas: A Mexican meatball soup

Al Bondigas: My alter-ego.

I'm no meatball - just a white guy with a twisted sense of humor and a bad habit of doodling on things.

I've worked as a creative professional for over 30 years, designing graphics and illustrations for print, multi-media and video.

I started drawing cartoons in high school and learned to airbrush when I was 18. I won several contests for radio posters and album covers, Designed shirts and graphics for rock bands, and eventually landed a job in advertising.

In 1986 with the help of my wife and partner I started a small design studio and have worked as a freelance artist since then.

While I have produced political cartoons and created cartoon illustrations for advertising clients, the Al Bondigas toons are strictly for fun. The style is loose and playful - the subjects are strictly for the amusement of my friends and fans.