COMICS HONORING SEPT. 11 VICTIMS.Byline: - Mike Chmielecki Many comic strip comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. artists are honoring the victims and heroes of Sept. 11 and the war in Afghanistan with heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. messages today. One tribute is by North Carolina-based artist Joe Martin, creator of ``Willy 'n Ethel.'' Today's installment shows Willy, Ethel and the family painting a flag across the roof of their apartment, then saluting after they finished. ``I think it's the cartoonist's job to make people laugh,'' Martin said. ``I wanted the strip to be humorous - to show that Willy is trying to be patriotic and thoughtful but still gets himself into a jam, by literally painting himself into a corner of the building. You get the point across with a laugh.'' The call for tributes in the comic strips came from the National Cartoonists Society The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional cartoonists. It presents the Reuben Awards. The NCS was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the troops. , headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , the same group that organized tributes to Charles Schulz and strip swaps for April Fools' Day April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day First day of April, named for the custom of playing practical jokes on that date. Though it has been observed for centuries in several countries, including France and Britain, its origin is unknown. . For more tributes, along with all our comics, see the back of today's L.A. Life section. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) no caption (``Willy 'n Ethel'') |
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