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In pre-school, I was drawing dinosaurs - I was huge into dinosaurs. I wanted to be a paleontologist, not a cartoonist or a filmmaker or anything like that - just a paleontologist. So I would draw dinosaurs.
Jhonen Vasquez
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Jhonen Vasquez
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: September 1
Character Designer
Comics Artist
Film Producer
Television Producer
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San Jose
California
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One day I will rule the world with a goat by my side!
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