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Sam Ingwersen is a young cartoonist whose comic strip “LEO!” is about the adventures of seventh grader Leo Larin and his friend, Tommy Burns. Art is Ingwersen’s favorite school subject, and he plans ...

Steve Benson and I go way back. In 1978, when I brought one of my cartoon sketches to the Brigham Young University (BYU) student newspaper, The Daily Universe, it was with the idea of Steve using it.