This past Saturday, I was hanging out with the Sinnotts at Terror Con, in Marlborough, MA. I went home for a few hours before returning to meet them for dinner.
As soon as I got in my car, my phone buzzed with a tornado warning from the National Weather Service. On the drive home I stayed ahead of the storm. It hit just as I was pulling into the garage. Back at the convention, everybody was forced to retreat to the basement of the Royal Plaza Trade Center.
Trader Joe’s pizza crust and sauce, with shredded pizza blend cheese and green pepper. Ten minutes in the oven at 325 degrees. Usually there’s also onion, but I forgot to buy one. The Enterprise pizza wheel does a good job of cutting.
Star Wars? A piffle, compared to the Beatles!
At the NCS Reuben Awards dinner, I had the pleasure of being seated with artist Joe Staton and his wife Hilarie. Also at table #20 was Boston cartoonist Dave London (no relation to Bobby). Seated next to me was an 80-something gentleman, retired from a career in advertising, whose father worked at the MIT Radiation Lab during WWII.
Sy Barry is a retired expert practitioner of the classic comic book art style I appreciate so much. He received the King Features Elzie Segar Award, in recognition of the enduring influence of his art.
Sy had a humorous and very warmly received acceptance speech. He lives north of Boston, in Andover.
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/08/18/celebrating-sy/
