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staff and advisors have allowed him to spread his wings. That is, he said, unless his cartoons would have offended too many people, as in racial issues. “Because of the nature of cartooning, you have to get a message across with few w(»ds,” explained. “And images powerful.” Wells said he gets ideas for his cartoons by scanning the paper in the morning and picking an issue that seems like a classic example of societal ills. Then, he thinks about it all day, looking at different angles. “It flies around in my brain, my brain races — it works all the time — by the end of the day something just pops out,” he said. Above: Brian Wells, headed for the California Institute of the Arts, a private art school founded by Walt Disney, is poised for creativity at his drafting table. Left: John Callahan. 6ij Rob Kerr continued on next page