Auto News 5

So far today, Mark Machado, better known as Mister Cartoon, has dropped off three of his kids at school and customized a Chevrolet Camaro. Later, working until 9 p.m., he'll lay out the pattern for a lucky client who joins top celebs and ballplayers in receiving one of his Escher-like tattoos. "We stretch when other people go home," he says. Right now, though, he welcomes us to a commercial pillbox near the west end of L.A.'s Sixth Street Viaduct, the seat of his creative empire, to talk about his art, culture, and car-care products.