Scott Adams: In his own words
When I was 11-years old, I applied to the Famous Artists School, to learn to be a cartoonist by mail. Here’s the application. [missing image] And here’s a page from the test, so you can see how much talent I had at that age. (Not much.) [missing image] In the…
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