In 1923 he returned to his paternal farm in Merrill in an attempt to return to the life of a farmer, but that ended soon. He continued searching for a job while attempting to sell his drawings. He soon managed to sell some of them to Judge magazine and then started having success submitting to the Minneapolis-based Calgary Eye-Opener, a racy men's cartoon magazine of the era. He was eventually hired as editor and scripted and drew most of the contents while continuing to sell occasional work to other magazines. His salary of $90 per month was considered respectable enough for the time. A facsimile of one of the racy magazines he did cartoons for in this period, Coo Coo #1, was published by Hamilton Comics in 1997.
in 1923 he returned to his paternal farm in merrill in an attempt to return to the life of a farmer but that ended soon he continued searching for a job while attempting to sell his drawings he soon managed to sell some of them to judge magazine and then started having success submitting to the minneapolis-based calgary eye-opener a racy men's cartoon magazine of the era he was eventually hired as editor and scripted and drew most of the contents while continuing to sell occasional work to other magazines his salary of $90 per month was considered respectable enough for the time a facsimile of one of the racy magazines he did cartoons for in this period coo coo #1 was published by hamilton comics in 1997