James Allen said he felt like the heavens opened up before his eyes when he first met cartoonist Jack Elrod a decade ago. In that moment, Allen, 46, of Gainesville, said all he could think was “this is it.” Elrod, a Gainesville native, has been writing the syndicated comic “Mark Trail” since 1978.
Mark Trail's next pen pal
Iconic comic strip will pass to a 3rd Gainesville artist