I had to look for an old but very important paper today. I still haven't found it, but I found lots of other stuff. There was a massive pile of contracts and check stubs from studios and publishers. A few of them have since been absorbed into the belly lining of much larger companies, or more likely they have gone out business entirely. There was some personal correspondence. And then there were the letters to Stimpy. Stimpy? Let me explain.

In one of our early Ren and Stimpy comic stories there was a drawing of a postman getting knocked over. Among the letters that went flying was a letter addressed to Stimpson J. Cat. It was written in very small letters, but still legible. The address was actually that of my pal Jerry Beck. Well, letters to Stimpy started showing up at Jerry's house. Nice letters from kids who wanted to say hi. Some of them even had drawings on envelope or letter. I wrote every one of them back, as Stimpy. I wrote them all by hand in what I meant to be Stimpy's handwriting. I'd like to think that the kids enjoyed hearing from him.