[1] Martin formerly lived in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with his wife and five children,[2] then moved to the Cape Fear area of North Carolina.
Tucker emulated Martin's own beginning of his career by making it about a man who runs an employment agency.
[2] In 1998, it was common to find Martin's comic strip, Mr. Boffo, appear in the Washington Post.
[4] Martin is the creator of comic strips "Mister Boffo", "Porterfield", "Willy 'N Ethel" and "Cats With Hands", and author of How to Hang a Spoon.
"[5] Willy 'N Ethel, Martin's longest running strip, was able to celebrate its twentieth anniversary in March 2001.