Blast #284

                                                              The Return of
                                            Bald Man and Responsible Boy

         In the summer of 2013 I had the good fortune to work with Gary Painter at the Cullman Center in the New York Public Library for one week.  Painter is a graphic artist, set designer, musician, lighting designer and free spirit. (Check out the review of his latest graphic novel Songy of Paradise: July 21, 2017 NY Times:simply cut and paste "www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/books/when-a-comic-book-hillbilly-and-milton-collide.html?mcubz=1&_r=0" into your browser)   The result of  working  with him was the creation of a pair of cartoon characters --- Bald-Man and Responsible-Boy.  "Bald-Man" is a middle aged "superhero" who is neither super nor heroic, even though "Responsible-Boy," his sidekick, encourages him to do the right thing.  An earlier Bald-Man and Responsible-Boy cartoon appeared in Blast #34 (September 28, 2016) and if you check the "Art" tab (click on the "More" menu above) you can see the genesis of the characters in "The Cullman Center Notebook" section.  All that said, here's the latest installment of Bald-Man and Responsible-Boy.