tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post817355859229795210..comments2023-10-18T06:20:09.433-07:00Comments on cul de sac: More Fair Playrichardcthompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-25108435497317480452008-08-24T08:58:00.000-07:002008-08-24T08:58:00.000-07:00Now now, WF, Gene never wears a hat like that one,...Now now, WF, Gene never wears a hat like that one, that I'm aware of. Actually, in all those years of drawing him for his Post Mag column, I think I only drew him accurately once. It's harder than it looks.richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-21587668173704038802008-08-22T10:40:00.000-07:002008-08-22T10:40:00.000-07:00Is it just me, or is the fair sketch artist suppos...Is it just me, or is the fair sketch artist supposed to be Gene Weingarten??Woodrowfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05714435926177517130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-24344622329641636412008-08-21T21:40:00.000-07:002008-08-21T21:40:00.000-07:00Thanks, Mike. I've never worked a fair, though I'v...Thanks, Mike. I've never worked a fair, though I've got a former carnie and several former FFAers in the family. <BR/>But yeah, it's most fun to make fun of things you love, or at least like a lot. I don't know why and I don't want to.richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-63019816152841592322008-08-21T01:16:00.000-07:002008-08-21T01:16:00.000-07:00Please excuse me for posting a serious comment, bu...Please excuse me for posting a serious comment, but what makes this strip work as a whole is evident in the county fair sequence -- you manage to really rip on what happens at county fairs without hiding your enjoyment of them, and you didn't have to tell us you lived near the fairgrounds -- it's obvious you've really been there. As a country boy who has done his time in the city, I'm a little tired of commentators whose notions of rural life come from Petticoat Junction and Deliverance. <BR/><BR/>Two notes:<BR/>1. I've sat a booth at the fair and the first thing you learn is to bring your own lunch. A day or two of that fair food is fun; only the carnies can eat it for a whole week.<BR/><BR/>2. One year, we had a couple of kid actors appear at our booth, and I got to squire them around. They were straight out of the Big Apple and apparently unaware that milk isn't the only thing that comes out of a cow. Good thing they didn't see what those girls look like when they haven't been cleaned up for the judges!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.com