"To my mind, Graffiti is like the final panel of a cartoon strip, only it implies what has gone before, and sometimes even after, without the reader literally seeing the other panels", says Mora. "My ultimate goal is to someday write a complete novel on a single page". Mora's love of typography and hand lettering started when he was a high school student at the School of Art and Design. He began work as an artist immediately after graduating. Within a few years, he established himself as a graphic designer, working as an Art Director for several advertising agencies including BBDO and Franklin Spier, where he designed ads for major publishers that appeared every Sunday in The New York Times Book Review.

A freelance assignment with McNaught, a small, independent syndicate, introduced Mora to the world of syndication. He left his job as Art Director to establish his own service as a graphic designer working for syndication, advertising agencies and various design studios in Manhattan. Mora wrote "Alexander Gate," a continuity strip illustrated by Frank Bolle; "Dear Debbie," a lovelorn column; and, ultimately, Graffiti. The chance to use his design and lettering skills along with the opportunity to write seemed a perfect fit, and he has been producing the feature since 1969. Mora lives in New York.

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