Josh Gosfield lived on farms in Vermont and Massachusetts. Later he became a carpenter and renovated homes and then moved to California where he published cartoons in local papers. He became the managing editor of the Daily Californian in Berkeley and then moved to New York, working at various places
Charles Norton was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from the University of California, San Diego, where he received a degree in Art History and Criticism, he went on to pursue freelance work as a retail visual designer working with an array of luxury retail brands. He remains a devoted