After graduation Mr. Riddle was hired by Mr. Kubert
to run Tell-A-Graphics, the advertising agency for the school. In the meantine he worked under the supervision of inkers doing
backgrounds for several comic book companies such as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Defiant, and Comico. Soon Theodore was penciling
the characters called Zoran and Deathrow for Blue Comet Comics.
Mr. Riddle then decided to go into free-lance art and produced his own
characters on a monthly basis for several magazine publications. They consisted of Jet Black for Inside Kung Fu, The
Grand Dragon Master for Black Belt Magazine, Riggers for Four Wheeler Magazine and Reality One for Computer Gaming World.
Reality One was the template for the innovative concept of
Compu-M.E.C.H. The Mechanically Engineered and Computerized Hero TM.