Stan Lynde was born in Billings, Montana and raised on his father's ranch near Lodge Grass, Montana on the Crow Indian Reservation.  He attended grade and high school at Lodge Grass, joking that he graduated "in the top ten of his class." (There were only nine in that class!)

Stan spent his summers working on the ranch and traveling with his family wherever his father's business--sheep-raising--took them. "During those years," he says, "we lived in nearly every kind of dwelling you can imagine -- sheepwagon, soddy, dugout, line shack, log cabin, tent, and ranch house."

It was that background that formed the basis for Stan's two internationally acclaimed and syndicated cartoon strips RICK O'SHAY and LATIGO and for his self-syndicated cartoon series GRASS ROOTS, carried by weekly newspapers during 1984 and 1985.  Revised and updated, the new GRASS ROOTS panel is in the great tradition of J.R. Williams' COWBOYS OUT OUR WAY and Ace Reid's COWPOKES.

Stan's cartoons reflect and affirm the values of "grass roots" America as few others ever have, and his work has achieved both popularity with his readers and critical acclaim.

GRASS ROOTS is available exclusively through Cottonwood Publishing.

	"After Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington, the pre-eminent artist of the Western frontier is a comparative newcomer named Stan Lynde." --Michael H. Price, syndicated columnist The Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Stan Lynde's ink line is a joy to behold and a comfort to the spirit." --Charlton Heston