Mike Pence wrote an unfunny comic strip 30 years ago. Now, Fox News brings it to life.

Mike Pence used to be a school newspaper cartoonist
(Image credit: Screenshot/Mike Pence/Fox News)

Hillary Clinton's running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), has his harmonica, but don't worry, Donald Trump's running mate has an endearingly dorky hobby, too: cartooning. Last week, Esquire dug up some old cartoons Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) drew for the law school newspaper when he attended Indiana University in the mid-1980s. Esquire characterized the comic series, "Law School Daze," as "strange." On CNN, Jake Tapper calls Pence's cartooning "good, clean '80s humor."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.