Brian Crane, Pickle-ing For 30 Years
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30 years ago, April 2, 1990, saw the debut of Pickles by Brian Crane.
above: the first Pickles comic strip
Since that beginning the strip has become very successful:
Whether observing the differences between genders and generations or taking a wry but sympathetic look at life in the twilight years, Crane’s good-natured wit and dry humor please readers of all ages…Pickles has topped comics polls across the nation again and again, and it appears in 900 newspapers around the world.
And time and again it has been shown that daring to replace the strip with another about some young whippersnapper will result in a deluge of angry letters flooding the editor’s inbox.
Brian celebrated the 30th anniversary in today’s strip:
Last year brother/cartoonist Leon stayed for a week with Earl and Opal, complaining of writer’s block,
but Brian sure doesn’t have a problem bringing the hilarity.
Congratulations, and thanks, to Brian for the laughter.
For that first strip up top to Philip R. Frey,
who posted the first week of dailies at the Hogan’s Alley Facebook page.
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