The one that is asked of me a lot is: "where does your name come from?" or "is your name Scandanavian?"

Well, that's a story. Here it is. Born in the 60s, my mother pulled 4 letters from a Scrabble set. My dad did likewise. Putting them together, the name S-T-O-R-N-V-A-R was assembled. Thank whatever divine power one might believe in that the VAR was dropped.

And, well, yes, it is Scandanavian. But I'm not.

So how long have I been drawing? Since I could hold the tools, I guess. I've always drawn. Comics held a great fascination for me. Ah! the melding of word and picture. I even learned how to read before schooling through these 10 cent portals of adventure. It didn't hurt that my mother was, and still is, an artist as well. So those tools were easily obtained.

So with the name of Storn, an artistic mother and a love of fantastic adventure, is it any wonder that I'm an illustator? Here is my work, my pleasure and my stories in ink, paint and pencil.

Welcome to my website. Page through a few stories. Contact me at: Storn.Cook@gmail.com Web site design by David Boddie <dboddie@uark.edu>