<DIV><DIV><DIV>At age six, Jeffrey Koterba began drawing cartoons, creating with ink and white paper a clean, expansive refuge from the pandemonium surrounding him.<div> </DIV><DIV>The Koterba household was filled floor-to-ceiling with second-hand TVs and garage-sale treasures his father, Art, fixed and sold for extra money. A hard-drinking ex-jazz drummer whose big dreams never panned out, Art was subject to violent facial and vocal tics?symptoms of Tourette's Syndrome, a condition Jeffrey inherited?as well as explosions of temper and eccentricity that kept the Koterba family teetering on the brink of disaster.</div><DIV> </DIV><DIV>From the canyons of busted electronics, the lightning strikes, screaming matches, and discouragements great and small emerged a young man determined to follow his creative spirit to grand heights. And much to his surprise, he found himself on a journey back to his family and the father he once longed to escape. <I>Inklings </I>is an exuberant, heart-felt memoir infused with a uniquely irresistible optimism.</div></DIV><P></P></DIV></DIV>