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April 17, 2012


Go, Read: Checking In With Richard Thompson

Here's an old-fashioned profile of the cartoonist Richard Thompson. Our reigning Reuben winner has a lot going on: the full-time job of making a strip, managing his Parkinson's, the growth of his Cul De Sac generally, a fundraising book featuring his characters and any number of fine fellow cartoonists, bringing on an inker. I consider Thompson's work a gift, and it's amazing to me how prolific he was in illustration and cartooning work before the strip, work on which I got to catch up once Cul De Sac made me reconsider its existence.
 
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