Scoular Anderson was born in Scotland and attended the Art School in Glasgow. His first name is actually Tom, but when he was a year old his mother decided she didn't like that name so she started calling him by his middle name instead. "Scoular" was actually the last name of his great and great-great grandparents. Scoular once worked at a newspaper stand, and as an art teacher where he taught students not to stick paintbrushes down the sink drain.