Were we having fun yet?

There's no way of knowing if anyone noticed: it's been more than two weeks since the previous posting here. Vacation!


Bernita and I had a grand time in the fabulous Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York . . .enjoyed to the utmost amidst clan and cronies. Those moments were "the most" but other incidences must be indexed. For example--on the tennis court one morning, I spotted 4 pennies! Moments later, more money . . . 4 pennies. Wait----! within five minutes, two dimes, at different locations revealed themselves. Who cares that I lost the tennis match?

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On the flip side, we had a  long rather difficult flight home; over 19 hours from our son John, Mary and Jane's home in Odessa, NY to our home in Encinitas, CA! But we're recuperating nicely now . . . back into routine. 

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VINCENT, is headed to the magic convention. Before we join him en route, let's check with Pete, his assistant.

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Meanwhile at the airport:

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Children, in one way or another, are the topics of these three syndicated panels of long ago. Probably the cartoons are as relevant today as back then.

Hope you're enjoying the summer which just got under way last week. I hope too that you'll continue to like what's offered here on a more or less regular basis---at least a couple times a month. 

I'm having fun, yet.       . . . . . . I mean, I'm still having fun

I'm not asking you to "friend me." I figure you're already mine.

Jim

Silence is golden

That's true in many cases: Silence IS Golden.


Doing some minor investigation we came
upon other perceptions regarding Silence.


Muhammad Ali is reputed to have said,
"Silence is golden . . . when you can't think of 
a good answer."


"Silence is not only golden, it is seldom
misquoted." (Bob Monkhouse)


For this Monthly Missive blog we'll take our cue from
Robert Benchley's "Drawing on my fine command of the
English language, I said nothing."


So, after a quick peek at what VINCENT is up to this 
time, we'll present a dozen captionless cartoons, with 
minimal comments from me.

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Starting off with some kid stuff.

Subsequently . . .sports of sorts.

Some street scenes.

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                      FINALLY:

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I will make no sound . . .  'til next time around.


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Thanks,
Jim

VINCENT and Miscellanea

Yes, VINCENT really does get to go 

to the convention, after a few blunders 

along the way. Next week we’ll see what

 mess the magician can manage. 

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Meanwhile, from the antediluvian photo albums of my mother we present one of the Super Heroes my day; circa 1937 or earlier. No pictures of me were taken during my Tarzan mania stage. Thank your stars for that


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The obligatory L’IL ONES and WEE WOMEN, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times 

The syndicated AD Libs was distributed by General Features during the period I was illustrating Len Bruh’s gags. Larry Hurb was his nom de plume.

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Below, one of the first covers for North County Pages, a short lived weekly, published--where else, but in North County, San Diego. It depicts the Best and the Worst of lotsa stuff around the area. If I ever locate the lower half of this effort, I’ll offer it also.

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Finally, from the popular weekly online magazine ComputorEdge, here’s the current cartoon.

Incidentally, more than 150 cartoons which were published there have been compiled into two e-book formats, one for iPad, NOOK and most others, and another for Amazon Kindle. They are available at     http://www.computoredge.com

There is a free download of a sample e-book on the same site for people to test with their e-readers. Name of the book: 

That Does Not Compute!  Jack Dunning did the hard work of coming up with the gags. I drew the pictures.

Hope you’ll check it out and let us know what you think. 

Another post within a week.  Promise!

Til then,

All best to you.

Jim