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High School Toon-sical

andertoons

So a while back my home town newspaper, the North Scott Press, did an article about me and my cartoons. As a result I got a gush of mail from people I haven't heard from in years.

This came from my high school geometry teacher, Mr. Birkhofer:

The reason I am e-mailing you; is that I want you to know I still have my Mark Anderson poster: "The 3 great minds of logic". (Euclid, Spock, and Opus) And of course it has your motto on the back.

I remember this vividly! Mr. Birkhofer was a big Bloom County fan and he asked me to make a poster for his class room wall. He was kind enough to send along a pic:

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I'd forgotten about the motto:

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Oh my goodness…

Anyway, so nice to hear from everybody! Now if I can just get Mr. Mohr to send me that old 'Joe the Piranha" story…

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High School Cartoons – 12/16/87

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Here's another old cartoon of mine from my high school paper, The Lance.

Today's is from December 16, 1987. Here's a bit of the page it was on:

Lance 12 16 1987 Page

And here's the cartoon close up (well, not really):

Lance 12 16 1987

There's a lot I like about this one. It runs the width of the page, that black background is eye catching, it reads well left to right, and it's another attempt at a wordless gag. Not a great gag, but good for high school.

So that's it for this month's look into Andertoons' past. Hard to believe that 22 years later I'm still doing this.

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High School Cartoons – 12/2/87

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Here's another old cartoon of mine from my high school paper, The Lance.

Today's is from December 2, 1987. Here's a bit of the page it was on:

Lance 12 02 1987 Page

And here's the cartoon close up:

Lance 12 02 1987

Looking back I have no idea why I'd attack Thanksgiving leftovers. That's not much of a joke, and I LOVE Thanksgiving leftovers!

Still, the art is getting better, and my handwriting is much improved.

(And I have to admit I like that the plate of food is still gobbling.)

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High School Cartoons – 10/21/87

andertoons

Here's another old cartoon of mine from my high school paper, The Lance.

Today's is from October 21, 1987. Here's a bit of the page it was on:

Lance 10 21 1987 Page

And here's the cartoon close up:

Lance 10 21 1987

OK, this one's gonna take some explaining.

A local high school, West, had recently banned the wearing of Spuds Mackenzie t-shirts in school, and the teen community was outraged.

So I did a reversal and had Spuds putting his students in detention for wearing West t-shirts.

All I can figure is I must have cut it too close to the deadline, because that's a lazy lazy joke, even for a high schooler.

Ugh…

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High School Cartoons – 2/25/87

andertoons

Here's another old cartoon of mine from my high school paper, The Lance.

Today's is from February 25, 1987. Here's a bit of the page it was on:

Lance 02 25 1987 Page

And here's the cartoon close up:

Lance 02 25 1987

I think this was my first wordless gag. And, for me, this is probably my favorite cartoon from high school.

You have that Don Martin chin, no feet, and unreasonably wrinkly clothes, but I like this one.

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