[Groop]comic strip genius

[Chris Schechner]

>If we are making a list of comic strip genii, I would
>certainly like to expand it to include Jim Unger for
>"Herman" , Berkley Breathed for "Bloom County" and Walt
>Kelly for "Pogo".  Anyone else that should be included?
>
>Bunny

This could go on forever.

Classic cartoons... Winsor McKay for Little Nemo, Roy Crane for Wash 
Tubs and Buz Sawyer, Milton Caniff for Terry and the Pirates and 
Steve Canyon, Hal Foster for Tarzan and Prince Valient, Billy Debeck 
for Barney Google...

Modern... a few of my favorites are Jean Giraud (Mobeus) for 
Liutenant Blueberry, Gary Larson for Far Side (not technically a 
"strip"), Russell Myers for Broomhilda, and Dan O'Neill for Odd 
Bodkins.

And then there were two short-lived strips that I loved, that just 
didn't seem to make it: Conchy by James Childress (he, sadly, 
committed suicide) and The Circus of P.T. Bimbo by Howie Schneider (I 
think he gave it up to concentrate on Eek and Meek).

Can you tell you struck on the area of cartooning that I love? But I 
have to say, my ALL-TIME FAVORITE cartoonists are Sergio, Walt Kelly 
and Rick Griffin. That's it, hands down.

Later,
Chris