Posted on 03/23/2015 12:35:54 PM PDT by EveningStar
... In so many ways, to read Jim Berry was to meet Jim Berry.
"Berry's World," the syndicated single-panel feature that he drew for 40 years, beginning in 1963, was a remarkably steady stream of thoughtful observational humor that — like the unfussy art itself — rarely seemed to strain for the laugh. Each gag, as steady as a top golfer's approach shots, just "landed." Precision meets concision ...
Mr. Berry died last Friday in Boynton Beach, Fla., at age 83 ...
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RIP one of the greats.
I seldom read any of Barry’s cartoons. The only one I remember was a guy looking up at another guy who is sitting in the driver’s seat of a pickup outfitted with monster over-size tires. The guy on the ground is saying, “Why?”
RIP.
My favorite was his depiction of the GOP elephant sitting on and squashing the democrat ass on the day after the 1994 midterms.
I am about to inherit one of those trucks from my brother-in-law. It is rigged to tow the 5th wheel and I dont really drive that much. I have not priced it but I would imagine that it would be quite expensive to remove the 4” lift kit, so I am unlikely to do so.
In the summer I do like to go up to the mountains. I like to hunt and fish but my other truck (which will go to my father-in-law) is a normal pickup.
So, I guess my answer would be ... ‘cause I can
RIP.
RIP
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