Check out rare photo of Mort Walker’s 40th birthday

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1. John Read

   Every one of them wearing a tie and/or coat! I’ve been to quite a number of gatherings of cartoonists in recent years, and I can count on one hand the number of cartoonists I’ve seen wearing a tie. Except during the Reuben award banquet, and even then there are always guys who manage to avoid wearing one. At least today’s cartoonists have, by and large, carried on the tradition of alcoholic beverage consumption. ;0)

2. Darryl Heine

   Too bad some cartoonists, including Walt Kelly, Chic Young, V.T. Hamlin, and ultimately Charles Schulz, were snubbed out of Mort Walker’s 40th. birthday and the pic.

3. Derrick Wood

   Nice spot John. I watch the old B&W footage from baseball games and wish more people dressed up.

4. Frank Pauer

   Darryl, I don’t think there was any kind of snub at all. It was simply a birthday party, and every one of the cartoonists in the photo lived in Connecticut, as did Mort. Sparky was in California, Chic Young in Florida. Hamlin never lived in the area. Kelly I believe was in NYC, but to broadly imply there was a snub doesn’t ring true.

5. Patti Hart-Pomeroy

   And Sparky wouldn’t fly! … @1, John, my Dad wore a tie and jacket to work everyday when I was young … those guys were great!

6. Henry Clausner

   in 1963…I was just starting to draw cartoons..I was in my diaper though…