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Jim Borgman Editorial Cartoon Appears in ‘Bench’ Documentary

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Daily Cartoonist Staff January 30, 2019 1 minute 0 comments

Cincinnati’s Public Radio WXVU has a piece that features 25 reasons to watch “Bench” the MLB Network documentary on the Reds’ Hall-of-Fame catcher Johnny Bench. Number six in the list cites artwork from legendary Zits creator and editorial cartoonist Jim Borgman. From the piece:

6. To see Bench in his office reading scrapbooks sent to him by fans, which his son Bobby found in Bench’s storage garage. “I look back and say: Did I really do this stuff? I guess I did!” His offices walls are filled with framed memorabilia, including a Cincinnati Enquirer cartoon by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jim Borgman.