If Brian is considering retirement, it’s well-deserved and I wish him the best. I also want to thank him for years of morning smiles. I sometimes think that my husband and I would have been a bit like Earl and Opal if cancer hadn’t taken him before we got to be seniors together.
There was a photo in an old Anglican Digest of a priest conducting the annual blessing of the animals, with a dog standing behind him doing exactly this.
pleas always know how much your strip is appreciated and loved. pickles is family at its best.young or older can relate. we have had many laughs – did you hide a camera in our house ?
There’s nothing that Google Search has to say about a cartoonist named Brian Crane retiring; if he is retiring, it’s going to be stealth retirement.
After a decade in city government, Redding Public Works Director and Assistant City Manager Brian Crane will retire in June, but that’s not the same fella. =^_______^=
I can’t imagine life without Pickles. This is the only comic my husband reads. If he is retiring, it can’t be because he has run out of ideas……I mean, we are talking about old people here. Come live in my community (a 55+ community), ideas are abounding!
I sure hope Brian is not considering retiring. This is one of my favorites. My folks love it as well. At 92 and 88 years of age, they don’t care much for the “new” comics, but Pickles they love.
I’m glad to have his books in my collection, especially “25 Years of Pickles” published in 2015 – you can see all of them listed on Amazon – a new one is coming in September.
uncleskull over 5 years ago
The juices are flowing as you speak!
Martin I over 5 years ago
So those are creative juices? I always wondered.
Dirty Dragon over 5 years ago
So “Brian” is a nom de plume then?
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
bravo, Leon (and Brian)
sirbadger over 5 years ago
So you are starting with your lowbrow creative juices.
Baba27 over 5 years ago
Keep a bit back for Leon, Roscoe, I’m sure he needs it more.
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Captain Red Legs don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining….
Deezlebird over 5 years ago
Uh, oh. Is he telling us that he’s wrapping up the strip because he’s out of ideas?
jagedlo over 5 years ago
Roscoe letting his “creative juices” flow even as you speak…
Meg ~ All Seriousness Aside over 5 years ago
Something is flowing.
jpayne4040 over 5 years ago
It’s working already, Leon!
iggyman over 5 years ago
Ah, Earl, you might want to look down!
iggyman over 5 years ago
Leon , I see a bit of yellow journalism!
277bartlett Premium Member over 5 years ago
If Brian is considering retirement, it’s well-deserved and I wish him the best. I also want to thank him for years of morning smiles. I sometimes think that my husband and I would have been a bit like Earl and Opal if cancer hadn’t taken him before we got to be seniors together.
BonnieMorris over 5 years ago
Starting Feb 1st my local paper stopped printing this wonderful comic strip. I hope this doesn’t mean that the writer is cutting back.
coffeeturtle over 5 years ago
I think the writer’s block has been cured thanks to the pooch.
Handiman317 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Great Comic strip, love every issue. Consider a flash back strip once or twice a week. Sort of part time.
Dani Rice over 5 years ago
There was a photo in an old Anglican Digest of a priest conducting the annual blessing of the animals, with a dog standing behind him doing exactly this.
Herb L 1954 over 5 years ago
Trickle Down Theory,in action ;(
bsisler21 over 5 years ago
I never understood how Earl, and now his brother, can see through those frosted glasses? :)
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
Oh, it’s happening baby!
Herb Thiel Premium Member over 5 years ago
If the conjectures that the strip may be retired are true, I hope they will let it rest in peace instead of putting a new team on it.
magicwalnut Premium Member over 5 years ago
Oh, man! I completely choked on my coffee when I looked down and saw the dog! Brian, you are definitely not running out of material!!!!!!
Kip W over 5 years ago
Uplifting!
Stocky One over 5 years ago
Oh dear… I am really sorry to hear this. This is one of my favourite strips.
bowsher1945 over 5 years ago
pleas always know how much your strip is appreciated and loved. pickles is family at its best.young or older can relate. we have had many laughs – did you hide a camera in our house ?
ArtisticArtemis over 5 years ago
I think he’s just taking a side trip, mentally.
There’s nothing that Google Search has to say about a cartoonist named Brian Crane retiring; if he is retiring, it’s going to be stealth retirement.
After a decade in city government, Redding Public Works Director and Assistant City Manager Brian Crane will retire in June, but that’s not the same fella. =^_______^=
swanridge over 5 years ago
You need a change of location. Move into a log cabin in Idaho for the summer. Or take a cruise for a change.
jessewylie over 5 years ago
Dogs don’t pee on their owner’s.
Perkycat over 5 years ago
I can’t imagine life without Pickles. This is the only comic my husband reads. If he is retiring, it can’t be because he has run out of ideas……I mean, we are talking about old people here. Come live in my community (a 55+ community), ideas are abounding!
Love this one. Definitely a LOL moment!
Bill The Nuke over 5 years ago
Between family, Facebook, and the news you can always find fodder for comics.
gooddavid over 5 years ago
I sure hope Brian is not considering retiring. This is one of my favorites. My folks love it as well. At 92 and 88 years of age, they don’t care much for the “new” comics, but Pickles they love.
Bookworm over 5 years ago
“I think that I shall never see, A leg as helpful as a tree.
But in a moment of desperate need, the nearest upright is where I p**d." – Roscoe, the Dog Poet.
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction over 5 years ago
And luck fell in his lap and ran down Earl’s leg.
borcutt over 5 years ago
Last week Pickles disappeared from our local paper (New Jersey Star Ledger). I’m devastated, this was the funniest cartoon since Calvin and Hobbes.
letoffsteam54 over 5 years ago
He could start dating Opal’s sister! Or their daughter could have a baby!
Dr_Fogg over 5 years ago
He didn’t have long to wait…. Wait!!! Rosco!! NO!!!
calmom75 Premium Member over 5 years ago
I’m glad to have his books in my collection, especially “25 Years of Pickles” published in 2015 – you can see all of them listed on Amazon – a new one is coming in September.
Sue G over 5 years ago
When cartoonists reach 60, they should hire a young artist and train that person to take over the strip. I hate to see a strip come to an end.
gregorylkruse Premium Member over 5 years ago
This gives me vertigo.
JohnThome over 5 years ago
The folks at the Kalamazoo Gazette just dropped Pickles. I expressed my displeasure to them. I hope the strip isn’t discontinuing.