Artist Brian Crane reflects on 35 years of Pickles

Photo courtesy of Brian Crane. For 35 years, cartoonist Brian Crane has found humor in the everyday lives of Earl and Opal Pickles, the retired couple whose gentle bickering and familiar foibles have entertained newspaper readers around the world. Now, with the release of his newest collection, 35 Years of Pickles, Crane is looking back on a career built one laugh at a time. “The thought that occurs to me when I contemplate all the thousands of comics strips I’ve created is ‘Where the heck...

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