John Kovaleski was born in Niagara Falls, New York, and grew up in Spencerport, New York. While working several jobs - at an ad agency, a consulting firm, and a newspaper, to name a few - Kovaleski created the comic strip, 'Odds and Ends & Sons' and maintained a freelance graphic design business. He was awarded the Washington Post Writers Group's Fine Toon Fellowship/2002 for his strip, 'Bo Nanas', which was syndicated the following year.
