WARREN — The country’s youngest syndicated cartoonist showed the way he draws his cartoon characters and how he got started in his artistic career. The Trumbull Area Reading Council hosted Duane Abell at their recent gathering at the Sunrise in Warren where he shared how he began his lifelong pursuit starting in an elementary school learning the craft of cartooning Abell drew syndicated cartoons for newspapers and magazines at age 15, becoming the youngest syndicated cartoonist in the country, he said. His first cartoon appeared in a supermarket tabloid in which he earned $50, but was shocked when his first check at age 13 was made out to “Diane Abell” Abell attended the University of Akron switching from art education to majoring in theater arts and was known for being the Akron School mascot, Zippy, a kangaroo. He started his own company, Corky Comics, and has had his work featured in books. His comics have been nominated for several awards across the countr.