Terry LaBan decided to be a cartoonist at the age of 6. He grew up to draw political cartoons and illustrations, create alternative comics series for Fantagraphics Books and Dark Horse comics, and write for DC Vertigo and Disney Egmont, where he spent 14 years writing Donald Duck comics. From 2001 to 2015, Terry and his wife Patty created the daily comic strip “Edge City”, which was syndicated by King Features. Terry has two kids and two cats, and lives just outside Philadelphia. Mendel the Mess-Up, his first middle grade graphic novel, will be published in December of 2024.