Darby Conley - Before Cartooning

Before Cartooning

Conley's first real job was putting boats and mountain bikes together at an outdoor sports store, work that he says shredded his hands. He says that the best job he's held to date (except cartoonist) was his stint as a lifeguard at a University of Tennessee pool where no one ever actually swam. After college, he taught at an elementary school for grades two and four, then became the art director for a science museum. Meanwhile, he had been submitting his cartoons to syndicates.