Joe Lee┬аis an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, and clown. With a degree from Indiana University centering on Medieval History, Joe is also a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum and BaileyтАЩs Clown College. He worked for some years as a circus clown. He is the illustrator of a bakerтАЩs dozen of For Beginners books including,┬аBarack Obama, [Howard] Zinn, Shakespeare, Postmodernism, Deconstruction, Eastern Philosophy, and┬аGlobal Warming┬аamong others. Joe lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his wife Mary Bess, son Brandon, cat George, and the terriers (or rather terrors) Max and Jack.┬а┬а