A Traipse Down Nostalgic HaHa Lane
One of my all time favorite artists is B. Kliban (RIP). I first encountered him way WAY back in the 2nd Grade during many of my visits to a friend's house (Jon Lewis of True Swamp and other delightful comic work). Jon was in possession of four of Kliban's collections and we'd spend hours paging through them, laughing at the absurdities therein, and other times scratching our respective heads trying to make heads (heh) or tails of whatever it was we were looking at (and not Getting It due to our relative youth...I mean, c'mon...we were only 7 or 8 at the time). These books, I suspect, were very influential on the shaping on How my Brain Works in those Early Years and Many Many Many of the Strips stuck with me. Several Years ago I was fortunate enough to find Three of these Books at a Used Book Store and unhesitatingly bought them up, lickity-split.
Went home and went through each three...it was like a Walk down Ha-Ha Nostalgia Lane. Many strips were even better now that I had tacked 30 years of life to the long ago 7 or 8 year old Me that first came across Kliban's work.
However, one strip was missing. My absolute Favorite. The One that Stuck in the Forefront of my mind and I ALWAYS recalled first whenever the artist's name came up in conversation.
Where the Hell was it?
Oh ho...it's in the One collection (of the four) that I had not acquired.
So I had found used:
Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head and Other Drawings
Whack Your Porcupine
and
Tiny Footprints
but not
Two Guys Fooling Around With The Moon and Other Drawings.
Long Story Shorter:
I FINALLY found the latter volume.
And I'm pleased to share with you all my favorite B. Kliban drawing.
I still laugh at it like I'm that 7 or 8 year old from 30 odd years ago (and, naturally, it's cool if you don't find it as amusing as I do...strokes/folks):
One of my all time favorite artists is B. Kliban (RIP). I first encountered him way WAY back in the 2nd Grade during many of my visits to a friend's house (Jon Lewis of True Swamp and other delightful comic work). Jon was in possession of four of Kliban's collections and we'd spend hours paging through them, laughing at the absurdities therein, and other times scratching our respective heads trying to make heads (heh) or tails of whatever it was we were looking at (and not Getting It due to our relative youth...I mean, c'mon...we were only 7 or 8 at the time). These books, I suspect, were very influential on the shaping on How my Brain Works in those Early Years and Many Many Many of the Strips stuck with me. Several Years ago I was fortunate enough to find Three of these Books at a Used Book Store and unhesitatingly bought them up, lickity-split.
Went home and went through each three...it was like a Walk down Ha-Ha Nostalgia Lane. Many strips were even better now that I had tacked 30 years of life to the long ago 7 or 8 year old Me that first came across Kliban's work.
However, one strip was missing. My absolute Favorite. The One that Stuck in the Forefront of my mind and I ALWAYS recalled first whenever the artist's name came up in conversation.
Where the Hell was it?
Oh ho...it's in the One collection (of the four) that I had not acquired.
So I had found used:
Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head and Other Drawings
Whack Your Porcupine
and
Tiny Footprints
but not
Two Guys Fooling Around With The Moon and Other Drawings.
Long Story Shorter:
I FINALLY found the latter volume.
And I'm pleased to share with you all my favorite B. Kliban drawing.
I still laugh at it like I'm that 7 or 8 year old from 30 odd years ago (and, naturally, it's cool if you don't find it as amusing as I do...strokes/folks):
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