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| Photo © The North Shore News, March 10, 2017 |
Graham’s celebrating a Big Birthday, today. Although I live quite far from him and won’t be seeing him, I plan to jump up and down to congratulate him, anyway. I’ve had the pleasure and the privilege of knowing this fine young man more than 20 years, which is why I can say without hesitation or exaggeration that Graham is gifted in a way most people are not.
Without violating his privacy - Graham’s a shy and modest person - I think of Graham Harrop as an angel walking this earth. You can’t say that about most people. As one of the kindest, most ethical, and most thoughtful people I know, Graham Harrop is incredibly special.
He and Annie, the love of his life, are a perfect match. She’s special, too. Because Graham is so modest and shy, I’m constrained from saying how I formed and kept that opinion over the years, but trust me, he is and she is.
Graham’s cartoons appear on the editorial page of The Vancouver Sun every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The Sun is a newspaper that for decades has been known for the excellence of its cartoonists. Graham’s often-political work is crafted with kindness. It may be pointed, but rarely stings. Every day, Graham also pens the online comic strip Ten Cats, at https://www.gocomics.com/ten-cats. It’s a hoot! Graham sometimes manages to squeeze Annie into the strip, too, and has turned the strip into a number of books. Example?
Prediction: One day, Nicole may just learn how to do links. Both work, though ...
More important prediction: One day, this charmingly original comic strip just has to be a movie.
As if all that output weren’t enough, Graham also illustrates books (including my co-written Never Say Diet!) as well as cartooning numerous corporate projects.
More important prediction: One day, this charmingly original comic strip just has to be a movie.
As if all that output weren’t enough, Graham also illustrates books (including my co-written Never Say Diet!) as well as cartooning numerous corporate projects.
Rather than yada-yada-yada about that, the simplest thing to do is present a few recent examples of his work. He’ll moi-duh me for drawing that much attention to him, but too bad, Harrop! So Happy Birthday, Graham Harrop! You’re a treasure, my friend.
© Nicole Parton, 2019
Cartoon © Graham Harrop, 2019
© Nicole Parton, 2019
