On this day, June 12, 1956, cartoon illustrator Scott Roberts was born in New Jersey. H created his first cartoon character, Patty-Cake, when he was nine and many years later it became a comic book. Roberts has also worked on Miep & Patches, Comic Book Defenders, Bob the Man, and Because it was Your Birthday. He has also drawn for Rugrats newspaper strip and is the colorist of the Prince Valiant comic.