Publisher's Synopsis
For those who are not already among the 5 million readers devoted to John Long's syndicated cartoons, Welcome to Lumpy Gravy: Created by John Long, a fireman who was also an artist with a grass-roots art fair following. Lumpy Gravy won a highly publicized competition to replace "The Far Side" cartoon in The Detroit News in 1995.
Perhaps it was the 14 years of life-and-death drama on the job as a fireman that bent John Long's mind into creating the freshest, funniest, oddest, ever-so-deliciously twisted material that comes out as: "Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head consider plastic surgery." William Penn and his brother, Bic." "The wicked witch of the Midwest."
With over 250 cartoons, plus a 16-page full-color insert, John Long proves on every page that he's trying to take cartooning to the next level. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, and Troll Book Club. 68,000 copies in print.
Perhaps it was the 14 years of life-and-death drama on the job as a fireman that bent John Long's mind into creating the freshest, funniest, oddest, ever-so-deliciously twisted material that comes out as: "Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head consider plastic surgery." William Penn and his brother, Bic." "The wicked witch of the Midwest."
With over 250 cartoons, plus a 16-page full-color insert, John Long proves on every page that he's trying to take cartooning to the next level. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, and Troll Book Club. 68,000 copies in print.
