It just makes sense:

Val Bagley is a cartoonist who did a series of cartoon displaying the logic of the book of Mormon events occurring in the heartland of North America rather than Central America. Any misinformation of these notes is the fault of the note taker. This presentation was at an Emergency preparedness / Book of Mormon conference.

He has drawn for the new era since 1978 and for the friend magazine since 2008.
My biggest inspiration is the artist Arnold Freberg. He loves the majesty and images of his art. He wants to imitate those traits in his own art. His art in the magazines, concentrates upon the Central America location. When was he invited to do art for the heartland location, he was torn. Ryan Nelson was the one who asked Val to do this art. Rod Meldrum also talked to him about the heartland module.
Cartoon: of Joseph smith meeting with the Indians of this land (North America)
Cartoon: river Siden is the Mississippi river: “bro Joseph, King Benjamin invite you over to join us.
Cartoon: displays wheat and barley being grown in North America and not Central America.
Cartoon: of all types of people coming to North America and the Aztecs say “told you we should have asked for directions.
Major events of Book of Mormon occurred within about a 100 mile radius of Zelph’s mound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelph
Cartoon: Aztec says “my professor says that northward does not necessarily mean north” <indicate North America verses south.> http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700035437/The-fight-over-Book-of-Mormon-geography.html
Cartoon: North American Indian (with his horse) invites Aztec native to race his lama with the horse.
Cartoon: beasts in North America are bison while a beast in South America is a lizard.
Cartoon: about two Cumorah. “The hill Cumorah is in new York I saw Caster there once.”
Cartoon: I was commanded to build an altar of stones not a stone alter. (To follow Mosaic Law of uncut stone)
Cartoon: This can’t be the Promised Land, there are no kings, and then shows the restaurant, Burger King.
The artist had been called as a temple worker. He told a fellow patron He’d liked Nephite Explorer. Man got into a tirade. He can’t see why there has to be contention on the subject. https://nephiteexplorer.com/
Cartoon: of man in the jungle of South America and he asks “where are the plains of the Nephites?”
Cartoon: one last question for your temple recommend. Do you believe there is one or two Cumorah? http://blog.fairmormon.org/2008/02/12/the-two-cumorah-theory%E2%80%9D/
Cartoon: How did Brigham young see the mountain open up to see a room filled up with gold plates? Did the Aztecs fill up a wagon and move the plates to North America? It was after this cartoon that he became converted to the North America model. He is exited to share this message.
Cartoon: At the crucifixion of Christ, the city of Zarahemla burned. Cartoon: of an Aztec insurance agent looking at the Aztec stone temple. You’ll want to get fire insurance on this beauty because we all know how flammable stone is.
He loves doing art for the book of Mormon.
Art and cartoon examples: https://www.google.com/search?q=Val+Bagley+cartoonist+%2B+utah&sa=X&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=894&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwiGg6q7_8LRAhUW2GMKHWE6B2sQ7AkIRA