John Steinbeck? Mais oui!

August 14, 2019 by 1 Comment

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As a humorist I’ve learned that the best gags come from listening to people. Recently I broke one of my rules and picked up a couple hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 1, near Carmel, California. It turned out they were French and out to see the world, two things John Steinbeck liked most about life. When I asked them if they had read anything he wrote, the woman said oui! In France we read the raisins of anger! I liked her answer so much I put them up for the night and used the idea for “Life in the Grove,” the weekly cartoon I write for my home town newspaper, the Cedar Street Times.

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Photo of Keith Larson at 2019 Steinbeck Festival by Elayne Azevedo

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Keith Larson About Keith Larson

Keith Larson is a humor writer and cartoon artist in Pacific Grove, California, where his work is a regular feature at the Cedar Street Times, the community’s weekly newspaper. His illustrations for Life in Pacific Grove and his graphic story “Keepers of the Path” have been published in book form by Park Place Publications, and his cartoons have appeared in various trade publications and magazines, including Cosmopolitan and Lear’s. He has written Sunday pages for the nationally syndicated cartoon strip Frank and Ernest, and he illustrated
The Curious Law of Eternal Return, a work of fantasy by Clarissa Bell.

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  1. Herb Behrens says:
    August 16, 2019 at 7:16 pm

    Direct from Tokyo:

    怒りの葡萄

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