Pop Culture and a little tribute to another cartoonist
Nancy Beiman
Nancy Beiman
FurBabies Jan 05, 2025
Click through the link to spot Petey and Alice in her strip, 2nd tier, first panel.
In her Substack email, Ms. Beiman noted,
One of my favorites, Richard Thompson's CUL DE SAC, is a good one to study. It had a short run, only six years, since Richard sadly left us at an early age. You can see it from beginning to end and two collections feature the original weekly strips that appeared in the Washington POST for comparison together with informative interviews with Thompson. The characters changed slightly (he eliminated Mr. Danvers the talking guinea pig fairly early on) but he never lost the focus on the eccentric children and equally eccentric adults. I've read about his working methods and discovered that he also sometimes had trouble coming up with new ideas for his projects. We all do. That doesn't always make me feel better but it helps me think in a new way.
So, there is a little 'tribute' featuring Alice and Petey Otterloop in today's strip. I figured that Mrs. Oldman could have traveled to Washington, D.C. for a Santa Claus parade that was affected by cutbacks.
So, there is a little 'tribute' featuring Alice and Petey Otterloop in today's strip. I figured that Mrs. Oldman could have traveled to Washington, D.C. for a Santa Claus parade that was affected by cutbacks.
I think the collections she refers to are The Complete Cul de Sac and Compleating Cul de Sac that is available for purchase online and benefits Team Cul de Sac for Parkinson's disease research.
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