Pickles by Brian Crane for April 02, 2010

For a second I thought she was talking about thei wedding anniversary.

A nice family portrait, almost.

Happy 20th, Brian. Bring on the next 20!

I thought Opal was talking about their wedding anniversary too. Pay attention, Earl!

Happy 20th.. keep up the good work !

wow 20 years .. did Earl have hair back when they started?

does anyone have a link to the very first pickles?

20? Looks like a cosmetics job gone horribly wrong :D

I also thought Opal was talking about their anniversary and was starting to wonder how in the world they had a grandson as old as Nelson. As usual, Opal’s on the ball and Earl is planet hopping.

It’s a shame GoComics only takes us back 7 years, I’d love to see how it all began.

Congratulations Brian, this strip is one of my favourites.

The funniest comic strip each day! Thanks.

“Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy Happy happy joy joy joy…”

Congrats, Brian and thanks :D

I thought it was their anniversary also.

Congrats Brian !!

Yes, we would like to see how it all began.

Just love Pickles !!

Thank you for the laughs. Happy 20th and I hope you won’t be stopping soon!

Happy 20th! Been enjoying Pickles since the SA Express News picked it up and on line!

Great toon! So many times, my reaction is ” I know that person!” WONDERFUL!

Just nod and pretend to know what she’s talking about, Earl. :D

Happy 20th, Pickles, and here’s to 20 more! (and then some)

The archive at Comics.com take the viewer back 10 years but not all the way to the beginning. That was the best I could find.

Happy 20th!! I can’t get through the day without my “Pickle” Fix!!

Opal and Earl are my heroes! Only wish my grandparents had been like them!! LOL

Thank goodness my wife just talks to the dog and cat and not some imaginary person on the other side of the room.

Congratulations!

Congratulations on 20 years, Brian!!

Way to go Opal. Pay attention Earl! LOL

I agree with the commentators Mr.Crane if you are reading what has been said above would you please post the first strip so everyone can see. I didn’t know Pickles, which is very funny has been going so long our local paper didn’t pick this up until I’m guess 5 years ago.

At first I didn’t know what Opal is talking about. But happily I do now. Happy 20 years to this wonderful strip and may the stituations keep coming for the laughter we read. Happy 20 anniversary to this wonderful strip.

yeah, I found the same as windygirl. It actually is a hair joke! But after the strip had been going on for a decade, and it was a temporary thing. A week later, he had his regular hair back. http://comics.com/pickles/2000-01-01/

Great job Brian. Twenty years and Earl is still not listening.

If you go to http://comics.com/pickles/?DateAfter=2000-03-01&DateBefore=2010-04-02&Order=&PerPage=1&x=29&y=10&Search=

You can read the last 10yrs, can’t find a place that has the past 20 though.

Thanks Brian , love that first strip and congratulations on 20 years and continuing success.

I hope we might see a Pickles the first 20 years collection at some point as I’d be happy to add it to my library :o)

Happy 20th and keep them coming. I enjoyed the link. The first cartoon was cute. I bet she never bought any seeds.

CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN! I too love this strip! Look forward to it everyday!

Before my husband of 52 years died we always read the paper as we had our morning coffee. We always knew when the other was reading Pickles - usually a laugh or a “Oh, wait til you read today’s!”. Now I read it online and always wish I could share it with him. Congrats Brian - you make a lot of people happy each day.

Congrats!! Happy 20th! :)

Congrats on 20 years of the Pickles.

Hubby and I read this comic every day

I’m a relative newcomer to Pickles in the sense that I’d only found it online! But my husband and I love it as much as all the posters above! In fact, I’ve said before that I think our house is bugged by Brian Crane!

A collection of the first 20 years would be awesome and I would buy it, too! Any publishers out there reading this should get a hint!

Congratulations!

Grats!

Don’t worry Earl.

Women talk to thin air like that when they get older (unlike men.)

Congratulation, Brian Cranes for Happy 20th Anniversary of the Pickles. I am so proud of Brian that he lives in Sparks, NV. I live in Sparks, NV, too! Wink! Anyway, I always love to read each and every strips of the Pickles everyday. Those strips have full of hilarious, sense of humors and so on! Salute Brian Cranes and the Pickles! :-) Oh, by the way, wish you a Happy Easter Day!

Father of seven, grandfather of eight!!!! Are you telling us that you are now the model for Earl? Congratulations and thank you for some good laughs.

Congrats! Quite the accomplishment!

You are welcome!

Congratualations Brian!

You too Opal and Earl.

Keep-em coming Brian…and thanks for the laughs….

Ha. This strip is as old as I am.

Congratulations Brian! Keep them coming!

Congratulations Brian , May your next twenty years be blessed. more than the first.

Congratulations, Brian! I’ve enjoyed Pickles for many, many years. Sometimes Earl & Opal reminded me of my parents. Now, they remind me of my hubby & myself at times. Keep up the excellent work!

Opal threw me off a little in the first panel. How many of marriage does it look like for Earl and Opal Pickles?

I knew it couldn’t be the Pickle’s anniversary because in the book “Pickles,” they celebrated their 50th.

Grats on 20 years of this great comic!

Congratulations.

Your strip is one of the most consistently funny strips I’ve read for many years, if not THE most, these days. And always so charmingly, appealingly drawn (your rare dedication to craft is inspirational). Congratulations indeed - I hope to meet the man behind the strip someday.

Congratulations!! Opal and Earl are my most favorite characters in the strips! They are the ones I am most likely to send to friends and relatives to share the humor!

many congrats and here’s to many more :)

Happy birthday KimberlyT!

thank you brian! and please keep the pickles coming for many more.

Conratulations, Brian! Pickles is one of my favorite comics!

Reminds me of the final scene of season 1 of “My Name Earl”. Catalina appears to be chewing Joy out in Spanish when she is actually thanking the television viewers for watching and hopes to see them next season.