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Parker, a self-described "unknown letterer," recounts an eccentric life before comics: drafted into the Army (testing Pershing missiles at White Sands), studying fine art at Pratt Institute, driving a New York taxi at night, and maintaining the Barking Dog Museum of found-object assemblages. He began lettering at Marvel in 1973 after never having heard of Spider-Man, worked staff and freelance for both Marvel and Harvey Comics, and currently letters RIP Kirby and Prince Valiant for King Features Syndicate. Parker views lettering as a genuine art form analogous to inking and describes his Stick Man self-published comic project.