In an attempt to get away from the unbearable sadness caused by the untimely death of Joe Ranft that has permeated the animation community and the Internet animation sites (this one included) I went out looking for web sites that didn`t deal completely with animation.

Mark Evanier`s mePOV blog has a story on the new home of Mort Walker`s National Cartoon Museum. I well remember it in its Greenwich, Conn. incarnation. I still have a T-shirt that I bought at the time even if it will no longer fits me. Those things all seem to shrink for some reason.

I went there with a girl named Norma that my 8th grade art class buddy, Steve Rothman, set me up with. I was in the area to show my portfolio to the Joe Kubert school and the Cartoon Museum was the one place I really wanted to go.

Over the years I have followed their downward spiral with sadness. I am glad to hear that things are starting to look up for this important work.

Here is what the New York Times has to say about it Mort Museum  ¶ 8:37 AM