While pursuing a diploma in "Journalism and Public Relations" from Kenya's Polytechnic University College, Alphonce Omondi Oketch interned at the internationally respected East African Standard newspaper. Now, at age 31, Mr. Omondi is a renowned artist and adward-winning political cartoonist known throughout Africa as Ozone, whose fan base know they can find his sharp wit and graphic portrayal weekly in the Nairobi Star. Although book cover biographical material is typically supplied by the subject himself, I, Martin D. Carlson, swear that space limitations prevent us from going on to speak in any detail now of even the Continent-wide awards Ozone has won for his skecthes and cartoons.
As one would expect, such talent has become more and more widely sough after. Ozone has consented to illustrate many articles for various prominent African newspapers, including the Daily Nation/Sunday Nation and the East African Standard. Illustrious periodicals, such as Autozine Magazine -Kenya's premiere auotmotive publication- petion Ozone to illustrate articles. He has created two previous book covers: Single and Searching: How to find and Marry Mrs. Right, by distinguished psychologist Dr. Chris Hart, and Al Kags' Living Memories (Kenya's Untold Stories). In short, this man's art sells publications.
Ozone enjoys life in Nairobi, Kenya with his wife, Lucy and son, Leone-born smack-dab in the midst of Dad illustrating this book.
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