Posted on: March 20, 2010

CSotD: Sunday profile: Jerry Bittle on “Shirley and Son”

by Mike Peterson March 20, 2010

This is the first of 20 profiles I did of cartoonists and their strips for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY, beginning in January of 2003, after I had redone their comics page. Jerry Bittle had done “Geech” for years; his newer strip, “Shirley and Son,” was about to debut in the Post-Star.Jerry was easy […]

CSotD: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Crank

by Mike Peterson March 20, 2010

It’s pretty standard in comedy to have one character make an articulate speech only to have the other character respond with something banal to puncture the whole thing. What cracks me up about this strip is Petey’s complete lack of emotional response in return. He was sent to get his little sister for lunch and […]