Pickles by Brian Crane for April 07, 2020

Yeah, Leon and the Kardashians.

Hey, “Leon” knows enough to know that Earl does all the funny stuff.

Is that what Brian Crane really looks like?

very nice brother/brother talk, isn’t it?

He’s crying all the way to the bank.

If he had talent he probably wouldn’t have been successful. ;-)

I dunno, but I really love today’s strip.

Fortunately I made enough to retire early before I realized that I was lousy at what I was doing.

Hope the next 30 is successful as well!

Don’t worry Leon, there are quite a few out there who are just as successful and don’t have any talent whatsoever!

We are all good at something …. best part is we don’t even know it ;-)

I’m a big fan … everything I learned about being a grandfather I learned from Earl. His humor and approach to things are scarily close to mine.

I’ve been reading Pickles since our paper picked it up in the early 90’s. Even as a high-schooler, who didn’t think too much about old folks otherwise, I loved Crane’s gentle and witty humor. The abstract self-deprecation is funny, but misplaced. Pickles has always been a very well-done strip.

Earl is sort of jealous of his brother….and Brian is being sarcastic….

This cartoon tends to stay fresh, unlike 2 others that went way too long. Feel free to guess.

Man goes to see a psychologist. “Doc, I am so miserable. I’m a great star, but I’m such a fraud. I’ve got no talent. I can’t act. I can’t sing. What do I do?” The psychologist says,“Why don’t you quit?” The man is aghast, “What? And give up show business?”

Is he comparing himself to “Klondike Ike”?

I meant the creator of Klondike Ike.

The cartoonist’s equivalent to big banking’s “Too Big To Fail.”

An interview from a couple days ago: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2020/04/03/pickles-creator-reflects-humor-times-hurt-30-years-comics/5119332002/

Brian Crane, You can not quit. It is as though you are looking in our windows. With the first sip of hot chocolate, you become the smile that starts the day. Please tell us if you are retiring you have someone in training. They will never be as good but maybe they can look in YOUR windows as you have done to mine for inspiration! Your devoted fan

Never quit while ahead nor give up the ship but carry a big stick.

And here I was gonna say it was a stunt double….

Quote Investigator: QI believes that this comical remark was crafted by neither Twain nor Benchley. The earliest version of the joke located by QI was about writing poetry. It was published in the humor magazine Puck in February 1912 under the title “COULDN’T AFFORD TO THEN”. The generic names SCRIBBLER and FRIEND were used to designate the speakers in a dialog: 1

SCRIBBLER.—It took me nearly ten years to learn that I couldn’t write poetry.FRIEND.—Gave it up then, did you?SCRIBBLER.—Oh, no. By that time I had a reputation.

full article: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/09/talent-writing/

Funny enough… love Pickles and their simple outlook on life…profound is over rated.

The real Brian is better looking.

I’ve only just discovered this strip – and I look forward to it every day! I’m so sad I missed out on so many years of enjoyment.

Just keep doing what you’re doing you well be fine

Hope this doesn’t mean he is planning to quit

A real problem. On the other hand, many have talent but lack the other qualities required for success. What you lack in talent, make up in work ethic.