At 60, cartoonist Bob D'Amico, has been drawing cartoons as far back as he can remember. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was raised in the tough Redhook Housing Projects. At 11 he took a mail order correspondence course in cartooning, which helped him to get into the High School of Art and Design, and for four years applied himself dilligently... becoming an honor roll student, and winning the coveted National Comics Award for cartooning upon graduation in 1967. Bob then spent a year working for some top Ad Agencys in New York City.

Bob joined the US Navy in 1968, and spent a year in the submarine service. In July of 1969, during the week man first landed on the moon, Bob's sub, the USS Sea Owl SS405, was in the middle of 16 days of snorkeling in the Mediterranean Sea. It was time to ask for what 'rating' he wanted to test for, and he requested the test for 'illustrator-draftsman', a very rare job to have while in the service... and he 'aced it' (100%). He soon was stationed at 6th Fleet HQ in London, England, where he lived and did artwork for the US Navy for his remaining 3 years of his active duty. (yeah... great duty, eh?)

After leaving the US Navy, he has also lived and did artwork 2 years in Auckland, New Zealand, until returning to his native Brooklyn in the mid 1970's. He's the principal of Millennium Design Group, Inc. of NY, and just published his first book of cartoons: The Dieter's Butt-Kicking Mental Image Notebook, available on Amazon.com.