Books &Comic Art 17 Oct 2009 09:09 am
Lou Myers
- I’ve been a fan of the panel cartoonist, Lou Myers, for ever. His work makes me laugh. His drawing style looks like art to me, and that makes me laugh, too. He has a numbner of books on the market that collect his cartoons.
His book, Absent & Accounted For, is a good sampling of his work. I pulled it off my shelf last week and it got me laughing. So I thought I’d give you a few of the cartoons in the book. It’s a gem, published in 1980. Lots of therapists and sex jokes. Here are some of the therapy gags.
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Some of Lou Myers other books include:
When Life Falls It Falls Upside Down, Christmas Favorites, Ha Ha Ha Hyenas, and Tutti Frutti.
on 17 Oct 2009 at 11:34 pm 1.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
Good for you! Myers was one of the funniest cartoonists ever. He also had one of the shortest art careers ever. If I’m not mistaken, he dropped cartooning to become a writer. i read part of a novel he wrote. It was okay, but not up to the standard of his artwork.
on 20 Oct 2009 at 11:35 am 2.George Griffin said …
I always loved Lou Myers’ stuff. The view of 42 St (12) perfectly captures the antic raunchy ambience, especially that girlie mutoscope parlor! He really had fun with sex and psychology; his haphazard doodling style looked so spontaneous, impulsive, as if he were doing stand-up with perfect timing.
Thanks, Michael
on 21 Jul 2013 at 6:27 pm 3.Dell Cousins said …
His novel is superb. Really, among the finest books I’ve read. Funny, but dry. Not dry; astringent.
As for his cartoons: his line is in itself a marvel.