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Kilhefner moved to Amissville in December 1986, with his wife Hannah and their five children: Samuel, 12, Kevin, 10, Brenda, 8, Freddy, 6, and Johnny, 3. “When I came here, I didn’t know there was a need for cartoons in the area’s weekly newspapers.” He had applied for a job as a graphic artist at the Fauquier Democrat. But when he went in for an interview' they told him the position was already filled. “As I was leaving I asked the general manager, John Toler, if he might be interested in editorial cartoons, and his eyes lit up. The rest, as they say, is history."
The cartoonist loves his job. “It’s not something I thought I’d be doing at this stage in my life, especially on a regular basis. Even if I w'asn't being published, I’d cartoon every now and then just to let off steam.
“One of the hardest things about cartooning is convincing your wife that you are working wrhen she finds you staring out the window. Oftentimes my wife tells me to go cut the grass if I can’t find something to do!”
He doesn’t read many of today’s cartoons. “They are so far ahead of what I’m used to,” Kilhefner explained. He does keep up with some old favorites though, like Oliphant, Herb Block, and Peanuts.
Kilhefner says he will always be cartooning. It’s how he expresses himself. “I’m like Charlie Brown: ‘It really doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you’re sincere’.”
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