wˌaɪl ɐ stˈuːdənt æt ðə mˌæsɐtʃˈuːsɪts ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt ʌv tɛknˈɑːlədʒi, hiː wʌzɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðɪ ˌɛmˌaɪtˈiː sˈaɪəns fˈɪkʃən səsˈaɪəɾi ænd wˈʌn ʌvðə ɹˈaɪɾɚz fɚðɪ ˈɜːli ˌʌndɚɡɹˈaʊnd kˈɑːmɪk ɡˈɑːd kˈɑːmɪks.
While a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was a member of the MIT Science Fiction Society and one of the writers for the early underground comic God Comics.