You may have wondered, as we did, if LEADERSHIP cartoonists actually look like their characters. The answer is no-well, not exactly. Bron Smith's head isn't shaped like a cactus, Mary Chambers doesn't have several chins, and Ed Koehler's hair doesn't look like a Brillo pad in a wind tunnel. So in that respect they aren't as we had imagined. But they are funny-if not funny looking.

Recently, seven popular contributors to LEADERSHIP's humor gathered for what Mary Chambers's husband, Tim, termed "the first Christian cartoonists' convention in two thousand years of church history." The LEADERSHIP editors joined them for the historic occasion and came away with new appreciation for the creativity, humor, and Christian spirit of these gifted individuals.

Knowing how much you enjoy their work (If we hear one more "Oh, LEADERSHIP articles are fine, but it's the cartoons we love," we're going to take drawing lessons!), we decided to introduce you to some of the people whose cartoons are taped to ...