Tom HachtmanTom Hachtman (aka Mickey Pickles, Mickey Hackman, Noah Escarole) was born March 22, 1948 on Long Island, New York. He was the third of three sons and his mother Loretta, disgruntled about not having a girl, told her husband Julius, this one is mine.'Mickey, as his brothers called him, happily avoided scouts and Little League and tagged along on his mom's museum trips and art classes. His cartoons and illustrations have appeared in The National Lampoon, Mad and Esquire. Beginning in 1978, his cult favorite comic strip Gertrude's Follies, about the life and times of Gertrude Stein and her circle, ran in the Soho Weekly News. He was staff editorial cartoonist for the New York Daily News in the mid 90s. Currently he paints murals in New Jersey. Read More Read Less