Ben earned his bachelors in graphic design in May of 2003. He joined the US Air Force the following month and received his first assignment in Aviano, Italy. Ben’s experiences in the Air Force inspired him to write novels and invent Airman Artless. In July of 2005 he had his first Airman Artless cartoon published. He has been published repeatedly in the “Vigileer,” “Air Scoop,” “Kaiserslautern American,” “Samurai Gate,” and “Crimson Sky.” One sample of each can be found on the “Published Work” tab, below Ben's novels. The “Crimson Sky” sample also includes a story about Ben on page 18. Ben welcomes any ideas for future Airman Artless cartoons. Feel free to send an idea, question, comment or offer anytime to either of the following:
Ben Schneider was born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1977. He graduated from Newcastle High School in 1996 and earned his associates at Randall University in 1999. While at Randall, he created Holidabblers, only then, he called it “Holiday Heroes” until another artist bought the copyrights to that title years later. During the late 90s Ben drew his cartoons in colored pencil. In fall of 1999 he transferred to the University of Oklahoma and later had cartoons published in “The Oklahoma Daily” (as shown at the bottom of the “Holidabblers” tab). Since then, Ben revolutionized his work, making it mostly computer-based by using Photoshop and Freehand.
