tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post1358090309430305671..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: TEENSVILLE U.S.A. Edited by Lawrence Lariar Part 4Mike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-5599707433870701082012-11-12T08:23:55.140-05:002012-11-12T08:23:55.140-05:00To elaborate Ger's point: Sam Cobean died in a...To elaborate Ger's point: Sam Cobean died in a car crash eight years before this book was published, and Mort Walker had left gag cartooning behind and was in his 9th year of producing his syndicated strip BEETLE BAILEY.<br /><br />So, here you have two cartoonists who had both stopped doing gag cartoons -- and here they have their gag cartoons in a book. I don't know how it works, but I imagine that editor Lawrence Lariar kept files of cartoons for upcoming projects. Heck, I just got a request to from a new client for a cartoon of mine that's about 10 years old. When cartoons are printed, they get clipped and put on fridges and cubicles and get filed away. <br /><br />Old cartoons (as evidenced by this blog and many others) live on!Mike Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-46092226472388076442012-11-09T16:48:50.088-05:002012-11-09T16:48:50.088-05:00So how do a Cobean and a Mort Walker cartoon get i...So how do a Cobean and a Mort Walker cartoon get into a 1959 book?Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.com