Cartoonist Batton Lash studied cartooning and graphic arts at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, where his instructors included Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman. After graduating he took on various art-related jobs, including doing pasteups for an ad agency and being comic book artist Howard Chaykin's first assistant. He also wrote the notorious Archie Meets The Punisher, the 1994 crossover between Archie Comics and Marvel Comics.
