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D.D.Degg

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Jan 9, 2017, 5:14:33 PM1/9/17
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A really good interview with Brooke McEldowney
(creator/cartoonist of 9 Chickweed Lane and Pibgorn).

http://thecelebritycafe.com/2017/01/interview-9-chickweed-lanepibgorn-comics-creator-brooke-mceldowney/

As for your opinions:
"One criticism people may have about your strips is..."
"My indifference, in short, is profound.
Cartooning is an art – not an audit."

D.D.Degg

Blinky the Wonder Wombat

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Jan 10, 2017, 3:58:49 PM1/10/17
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Cheese and crackers, he speaks as pretentiously as his characters do.

The Q&A that had my eyes rolling:

"TCC: Have you been approached to adapt any of your work to TV or movies?

BM: Years ago I was blandished in the hope that I might vouchsafe the Wayne Rogers Company a free option to produce, should they decide to, a series based on 9 Chickweed Lane. When it was suggested, rather heavily, that it would be improved with a soupçon of T & A, I declined."

The questions I would have asked:

"Do you have an editor and have they ever suggested a writer to help tighten and focus your stories?"

9CL and P are beautifully drawn but their plots and pacing make them nigh unreadable.

Robert Catt

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Jan 10, 2017, 5:07:21 PM1/10/17
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"Blinky the Wonder Wombat" wrote in message
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Cheese and crackers, he speaks as pretentiously as his characters do.
[SNIP] The questions I would have asked:
"Do you have an editor and have they ever suggested a writer to help tighten
and focus your stories?"
9CL and P are beautifully drawn but their plots and pacing make them nigh
unreadable.

I couldn't disagree more, Blinky. I always look forward to both strips.
Brooke is unique, and admittedly an acquired taste, but for me he's right up
there among the top cartoonists.

Ted Nolan <tednolan>

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Jan 10, 2017, 5:10:35 PM1/10/17
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In article <o53lrq$kmo$1...@dont-email.me>,
So you liked the Pibgorn "my butt is on backwards" sequence?
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Robert Catt

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Jan 10, 2017, 6:55:51 PM1/10/17
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So you liked the Pibgorn "my butt is on backwards" sequence?

Uh, at least you can say it was original.

pete...@gmail.com

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Jan 11, 2017, 9:19:21 AM1/11/17
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On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 6:55:51 PM UTC-5, Robert Catt wrote:
> So you liked the Pibgorn "my butt is on backwards" sequence?
>
> Uh, at least you can say it was original.

Fellow "Beefwit" here:
I agree he comes off as bad of a pretentious, self-absorbed
twit as we expected.

Things that surprised me were that he claims to be doing quite
well financially as a cartoonist, and there's actually a reference
to a site discussing his work, including a forum. I haven't checked
to see if the forum is policed to eliminate all but praise, but that
was certainly my first guess.

pt

Ted Goldblatt

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Jan 12, 2017, 4:48:25 AM1/12/17
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On 1/11/2017 9:19 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 6:55:51 PM UTC-5, Robert Catt wrote:
>> So you liked the Pibgorn "my butt is on backwards" sequence?
>>
>> Uh, at least you can say it was original.
>
> Fellow "Beefwit" here:
> I agree he comes off as bad of a pretentious, self-absorbed
> twit as we expected.

As I read, I started hearing him in the voice of William F Buckley -
certainly pretentious, possibly self-absorbed, though not a twit. I was
never a huge fan, but in retrospect, conservatism under Buckley was a
lot more tolerable than under its current leadership. That view may be
causing me to give McEldowney more slack than he'd otherwise get...

ted

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