1977
Gary Blehm creates the PENMAN character drawing a flip-page style animation in his English book at
age 12 in a one room mountain schoolhouse near Aspen, Colorado.

1980
Gary creates his first "Find Two Identical PENMEN" poster while trying to find a way to market a stick figure.

1989
Gary publishes his first PENMEN poster and begins marketing them through various retailers and distributors.

1990 - 1995
Eight PENMEN posters are in distribution, a PENMEN book is published by Harcourt
Brace, and a PENMEN comic strip is syndicated nationally through Creators Syndicate.
Gary buys his first computer and builds penmen.com.

1998
Gary begins animating PENMEN with Flash while continuing his daily comic strip.

2005
PenWorld and Wine Enthusiast Magazines begin publishing PENMEN.

2006
Gary completes a 6 episode animated adventure series entitled, "PENMEN" for the European Television Network, "Jetix".