Comics and Cartoons

[Samuel Moyer]

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From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>

>
> Here in New Orleans it is a well read local favorite.  We have a bronze
> statue of the main mis-fit on our main street: Canal.  This shlemiel main
> character rings very true to our general love of the eccentric misfits
which
> inhabit city.   Do a search of Rithie the Duck Lady for a taste of my
> meaning.  Otoole's ACFOD's was first published posthumously (post-suicide)
> after his surviving mother sold it to a local literary figure (I'm sorry I
> can't remember now).  It is at least as good as Farina's first book.  His
> later published _Neon Bible_ is also very good, and has been made into a
> very nice movie.  See them both.

Just bought Neon Bible... looking forward to it.  The introduction to
Confederacy of Dunces is by Walker Percy.  He was teaching at Loyola and the
mother, Mrs. Toole, asked him to read her son's manuscript... to get rid of
her, he said he'd read it... Of course he figured it was trash, but he read
it anyway and the rest is ...

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