By day, Thom Zahler is a cartoonist and graphic artist. By night, he is also a cartoonist and graphic artist. But that’s because he’s a workaholic. Besides, he gets bored easily, sometimes even talking about himself in the third person just to amuse himself.

He is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He has drawn silly things and been paid by Marvel Comics, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and Prilosec. He is also the writer and artist of the Cleveland Indians’ “Slider” comic strip. He has written and drawn three graphic novels: “Raider: From the Shadows”, "Raider: A Cold Day in Heaven” and “Raider: Dead Men’s Tales”. He is the illustrator of the book “Women Do and Say the Dumbest Things” and recently published a scriptbook of “Long Distance”, based on his unproduced sitcom pilot.

He lives at his palatial estate, Zahlerdu, in Northeast Ohio. Okay, he doesn’t really call it “Zahlerdu” but if he did, it’d be because he liked Orson Wells’ “Citizen Kane” and not that Olivia Newton John disco-and-roller skating movie. It’s not really a palatial estate, either, but it is a nice place.

Zahler tries to make it a point to have at least one life-altering, horribly-scarring relationship every three years or so. There should be another window opening up next Tuesday.

See more of Zahler's artwork at www.thomz.com. He also keeps a weblog.