According to his 2013 autobiography, Strip Show: 25 Years of Comix, Controversy & Copyright Infringement, Wartella began his professional career at age ten [REF] producing a weekly comic strip called Clubhouse Kids for a local newspaper, which ran for two years during 1986-1987.
From 2007 to 2009, Wartella's intricate single-panel "reportorial" cartoons began appearing regularly in The Village Voice,[REF] where he is still listed as an honorary contributor.