Ever since I was a kid, I would draw cartoons of all of my teachers in school. Of course, this did nothing for my grades. When I got older, this practice never stopped. Froggles was created around 1984 while I was working as a clerk in a deli. I would often draw my boss Al in all kinds of funny situations. Whenever he would come in to work he would be greeted with images of himself on the plain white coffee cups. He seemed to enjoy it and the customers always got a kick out of it. (Maybe we should have charged extra for the illustrated cups!)

I started drawing a cartoon of a woman who used to come in daily to order 35 cents worth of ham. I named the cartoon Mary Frogize. As time went on, I refined the cartoon and changed the name to Froggles, as well as changing it to a masculine character. In 1987 I published Froggles in a local newspaper called the Ronkonkoma Review. But this was a very short-lived proposition since everyday life seemed to be more important. In 2000 I ended up posting some of my original comics on the web but then never got around to adding anything new.

2007 will be the year that Froggles is reborn! I hope you find him amusing and take the time to share his adventures (and misadventures) with all your friends. Or even your enemies. Or Mary Frogize.