Comments on: Where Cartoonists Lurk http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/ News, Views and Artifacts from Howard Cruse Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:33:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Pat VanDecar http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-3603 Pat VanDecar Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:57:23 +0000 http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-3603 I went to college with you when central Alabama was overrun with dinosaurs and giant ferns. The professor Dianne Seymour comes to mind. I believe you suggested a below-the-radar interpretation of Chateaubriande that was too much sociology for our instructor. Easily the most delightful day of that quarter. In general, your talent and intellect made you one of the most memorable of acquaintances. On a hunch that those attributes would make you memorable to many more people, I did the logical, Googlish thing. Pay dirt! It's good to learn that you've prospered, found love, and are surrounded by friends. It's even better to learn that your art has prospered. I still have a quick little cartoon you dashed off during a rehearsal of This Property is Condemned. You were the guy with the kite. I believe Lynn Bailey was the overly sophisticated urchin. And I was the cipher holding book. I got the cartoon, so my team won. I also saved your graphic for Endgame. Those weren't exactly heady days, but in the midst of it, you were an astonishing original. I went to college with you when central Alabama was overrun with dinosaurs and giant ferns. The professor Dianne Seymour comes to mind. I believe you suggested a below-the-radar interpretation of Chateaubriande that was too much sociology for our instructor. Easily the most delightful day of that quarter. In general, your talent and intellect made you one of the most memorable of acquaintances. On a hunch that those attributes would make you memorable to many more people, I did the logical, Googlish thing. Pay dirt! It’s good to learn that you’ve prospered, found love, and are surrounded by friends. It’s even better to learn that your art has prospered. I still have a quick little cartoon you dashed off during a rehearsal of This Property is Condemned. You were the guy with the kite. I believe Lynn Bailey was the overly sophisticated urchin. And I was the cipher holding book. I got the cartoon, so my team won. I also saved your graphic for Endgame. Those weren’t exactly heady days, but in the midst of it, you were an astonishing original.

]]> By: Loose Cruse: The Blog » Blog Archive » Underground Ad Man http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1917 Loose Cruse: The Blog » Blog Archive » Underground Ad Man Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:55:35 +0000 http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1917 [...] Mark Martin a few weeks ago sent me ambling down memory lane. As I mentioned in my blog entry about that encounter, Mark and I both hail from Birmingham, Alabama, where we missed meeting each [...] […] Mark Martin a few weeks ago sent me ambling down memory lane. As I mentioned in my blog entry about that encounter, Mark and I both hail from Birmingham, Alabama, where we missed meeting each […]

]]> By: Steve Bissette http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1528 Steve Bissette Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:14:18 +0000 http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1528 Howard, wish I'da been there! Glad you and Mark met at last -- two of my fave cartoonists on Earth, both from Birmingham. It must be the water -- or maybe that Vulcan ass? It explains a LOT about Mark and his "Yeah Butt" artifacts. Email to follow! Howard, wish I’da been there! Glad you and Mark met at last — two of my fave cartoonists on Earth, both from Birmingham. It must be the water — or maybe that Vulcan ass? It explains a LOT about Mark and his “Yeah Butt” artifacts.

Email to follow!

]]> By: Ben Burford http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1479 Ben Burford Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:26:52 +0000 http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1479 I hate to have missed THAT yukfest! And by the way, Howie, since Vulcan has been renovated, they have stripped off the heinous 70s veneer from the pedestal and exposed the original, AND repositioned Vulcan so that his ass is no longer over expensive Homewood. It is now over INDUSTRIAL Homewood. Ostensibly, it was because that particular orientation is the exact one he had when he was at the World's Fair. Go figure. Your pal. I hate to have missed THAT yukfest!

And by the way, Howie, since Vulcan has been renovated, they have stripped off the heinous 70s veneer from the pedestal and exposed the original, AND repositioned Vulcan so that his ass is no longer over expensive Homewood. It is now over INDUSTRIAL Homewood. Ostensibly, it was because that particular orientation is the exact one he had when he was at the World’s Fair. Go figure.

Your pal.

]]> By: Martha Thomases http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1386 Martha Thomases Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:23:50 +0000 http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1386 People from Birmingham talk about naked butts on statues when they get together? That's funny. People from Youngstown, Ohio, talk about how you can buy houses there for $20K and we still don't want to go back. People from Birmingham talk about naked butts on statues when they get together? That’s funny. People from Youngstown, Ohio, talk about how you can buy houses there for $20K and we still don’t want to go back.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1351 Mark Martin Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:11:16 +0000 http://www.howardcruse.com/loosecruse/2007/04/04/where-cartoonists-lurk/#comment-1351 Hey look! Everybody's laughing at me! see that top picture? Look who they're all looking at - Mr Funny Man! I wonder which one of my entertaining stories I was telling? I GOT A MILYUN OF UM! But seriously folks - we owe it all to EJ! Organizer Extraordinaire! Hey look! Everybody’s laughing at me! see that top picture? Look who they’re all looking at - Mr Funny Man! I wonder which one of my entertaining stories I was telling? I GOT A MILYUN OF UM!

But seriously folks - we owe it all to EJ! Organizer Extraordinaire!

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