The By George! group is a loose association of illustrators and cartoonists who meet approximately once a month to share notes, learn from one another and enjoy each other's company in honor of the late Charlotte Observer cartoonist and National Cartoonist Society president George Breisacher.
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April 2010We want everyone to know that Tom (Terriffic) Haines has already had his aneurism surgery and came out fine. After the surgery, he was crackin' jokes with the doctors and was in great spirits. Now, he just needs time to recover. Hopefully, he'll be back amongst us in a couple of months. On a bright, sunny Monday in April, Simple Steve Smith and Good-for-nothing Greg Russell were the only By George! members to show up at Heroes Aren't Hard to Find. Andy Smith had sent an e-mail saying he might attend the meeting, so Smith and Russell waited a few minutes for him. Ya know how sometimes people shave their heads in support of someone who has undergone chemotherapy? It appears that these two goofs took the concept a little too far for their friend Tom. Smith asked Russell where he wanted to have lunch. "I always like Anntony's. We went to ED'S TAVERN last time," Russell answered. "Okay, let's go to ED'S TAVERN," said Smith. Russell walked over to the newly dubbed Shawn Daughhetee and told her, "If Andy shows up, please tell him we've gone to ED'S TAVERN." Then the two simpletons somehow managed to make their way across the dangerous 7th Street and Pecan Avenue intersection. Feeling lucky to be alive, they stumbled into Showmar's and placed their orders. As Russell was paying for his, he began cracking up. He walked over to Smith, tapped him on the shoulder, and through his tears said, "We were going to ED'S TAVERN!" Smith teared up too. "What if Andy comes?!! We must be brain-damaged." The two dolts were such creatures of habit, they couldn't go anywhere else. They settled down to a lunch of pitaburgers and french fries and discussed such things as family, antique cars and the cartooning business of course. Smith said he would continue trying to arrange a road trip to Durham to see the Ringo Starr concert. Other than that, I can't remember much because I have brain damage too. Hopefully, more members will show up next time to keep these two troublemakers in line. |
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