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It's the last Thursday of the month and time for the Berndt Toast Gang get together! Above: a tableful of Don Orehek original drawings. Gorgeous work!
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"I'm on this new diet. You can eat anything and still lose weight"
Don is a prolific Playboy cartoonist. Someone asked, Where are all the girls, Don? Don is known for his beautiful girls! All of the cartoons that he brought were conspicuously G-rated! So, Don sketched a gorgeous blonde in her birthday suit, passed it to me, and I put it on the display table.
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Adrian Sinnott and Don Orehek
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I came in with a boxful of comics to give away. Helen Murdock-Prep promised to give a couple of them a good home.
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... Jumpin' Joe Giella.
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Above: Mike Lynch & Adrian Sinnott hold up a Union Suit.
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This was a surprise gift from the Gang to me.
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Above: Bunny Hoest and Al Scaduto
The suit has everyone's signature and cartoons and is now so amazing to look at that of course I can never, ever wear it!
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"Forget Archie Girls ... Here Comes Mike L.!!" by Stan Goldberg
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John Reiner adds a martini-sporting Leroy Lockhorn.
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Another BT tradition: Al Scaduto sings.
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Al was singing a song of farewell to me. I'm leaving NYC.
If all goes well, I'll be moving by this time next month. More anon.
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Bunny Hoest has a much bigger smile than me!
My shirt says "Building a Better World With Comics" and it's drawn by NH cartoonist Marek Bennett. You can buy his t-shirts here.
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My sincere thanks to the Gang for the incredible surprise. You guys are amazing. Thank you so much.
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