Robynne Raye was a very serious woman who felt quite solemn about the extreme gravity of her craft. Upon graduation from the Totally Math-Oriented Institute of Linear Design, she embarked upon a fabulously exciting career designing invoices and annual reports for the accounting firm of Snell and Bingham. Her work was applauded by the National Organization of Career CPAs and several regional chapters of the Elks Club. She was also a guest lecturer at the Harvard School of Fussbudgets. And then one day, Robynne said, “Let's start Modern Dog.” Mike Strassburger happened to be standing nearby, and was into it, and there you have it.