He began his cartooning career in his home town at the Chapel Hill Newspaper in 1976, the same year he graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in studio art.

His work has been reprinted in The New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek and numerous college newspapers. Samples can be found on the Web at www.mysanantonio.com.

A member and former officer of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Branch is the author of Would You Buy a Used Cartoon from this Man? and Out on a Limb.