[Dixielandjazz] Bunny Berigan in the comics

[Randy Fendrick]

I am an avid fan of  Crankshaft, and followed this cartoon from it's 
inception,   it was great.  Some years ago we talked about this on the 
list, but many papers don't carry Crankshaft, it is in the LA Times.  I 
believe you can go to a web site and locate the panels for a charge.
later,
rf
On Mar 24, 2007, at 4:02 PM, charles coleman wrote:

> Hi Listees,
>     David Dustin wrote  "Circa 1994, the Canadian comic strip ?For 
> Better Or For Worse? featured a
> brief story line with the kindly grandfather character discovering a 
> horn in
> a pawnshop (I believe it was identified as a Martin Committee) that he
> determined had been the one stolen from Berigan back in the day. ..."
>     Actually the strip was titled "Crankshaft"  by two Ohio 
> cartoonists Batiuk and Ayers.   It ran for about 4 weeks and detailed 
> one of the characters playing trumpet in front of a radio while 
> listening to Berigan broadcasts.   It followed with him finally going 
> to NY and being invited to 'sit in' with the band.   It was a long 
> story thread involving the mob, getting beaten for getting too close 
> to the boss's girlfriend, and finally returning home.    Return to 
> present, he is teaching his grandson about Berigan and making plans to 
> go to Fox Lake for the annual Berigan festival (Soon coming up, BTW).  
>  The final few panels have the characater Ralph "Soda" Meckling 
> playing "I Can't Get Started" at the festival, and Ralph and his 
> grandson standing in front of Bunny's stone inscribed:  "Bernard 
> "Bunny" Berigan 1908-1942).
>     I clipped most of the strips, but haven't been able to locate what 
> I'm missing.   A wonderful read, and highly unusual for something like 
> this to appear in the syndicated press.   (www.uexpress.com)   Does 
> anyone else besides Dave remember this?
>     Regards,   Charlie Coleman
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Randy Fendrick
Southside Chicago Seven
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra