By
Steve Otto
As I wrote
in the article below, “Long time Kansas right-wing political opponent Vern Miller
dies,”
I
used to draw a cartoon I called “Uncle Vern.” I mostly used it for an assignment
at a high school class I was taking. The target of my parody was obviously Vern
Miller, one time Sheriff, one time attorney general and candidate for governor.
I originally drew a picture like this to kick of the comic strip, which took up
several panels. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find any of the old
strips so I had to draw this one frame from memory. The idea of Vern sitting on
a horse and shooting guns like this came from a Blondie comic strip I saw one Sunday.
It was a strip where Dagwood Bumstead gave a clock to his boss for a gift. His
boss heard the ticking, thought it was a bomb, so he called the cops. The cop in
front was on a horse and was shooting his guns, looking ridiculously as he over
did it. That seemed perfect for the character Uncle Vern.
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