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YouTube video: A cute mug and tote bag featuring Sam Lloyd's cartoons are shown by playwright Lisa Soland on her show, The Writer's Desk. See www.zazzle.com/samlloyd for nine cute cartoon designs, available on hundreds of products!
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New grocery store rules--no plastic bags.  What to do? Get an adorable cartoon tote and shop in style! There are 9 cute cartoon designs by Sam Lloyd available on Zazzle. You can choose a Jumbo tote, grocery tote, organic grocery tote, budget tote, even a tote handmade by mothers in Kenya, which helps local women as well as the environment!
First, visit the zazzle.com/samlloyd store, then click on a thumbnail design and pick out your favorite tote (or tee, mug, apron, IPhone cover, etc., etc.---you get the idea!)
Find the perfect Christmas/holiday gifts for everyone on your list!


PictureDetail of MOON MULLINS comic strip by Frank Willard (1933).
AUCTION NOW CLOSED: Dad's vintage cartoon collection is included in Hake's Americana (online) auction at http://bit.ly/1lNpufy.
Please see Lots 1536-1543, 1545-1547, 1550-1551 and 1556.

Dad was a personal friend of many famous cartoonists and they autographed many of their works to him. These comic art originals, most of which were published in newspapers, date from the late 1920s-1960s. Artists include (chronologically):
Frank Willard, Ferd Johnson, Merrill Blosser, Lank Leonard, W.A. Carlson/Sol Hess, Russ Westover, Alex Raymond, Norman Marsh, John Maloney,  Fontaine Fox,
Carl Anderson, Fred Harman, Frank King, Cliff Sterrett, and V.T. Hamlin.

Please spread the word, and Happy Bidding!




PAST EVENT:

The Los Angeles Public Library's Pacific Palisades Branch proudly presents:

SAMUEL LLOYD HUTCHINSON, CARTOONIST: A RETROSPECTIVE

July 3-31, 2012

Featuring 60 hilarious and insightful cartoons on 17 topics, including animals, Bingo, spirituality, money, technology, workplace, sales, customer service, etc.!

Opening Reception is Saturday, July 21, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Community Room. Hope to see you there!

Stephanie Hutchinson, Lloyd's daughter, will be on hand to answer questions about her late father and his work. A DVD of  his "life story" speech will be played, in which he reminisces about growing up on a farm in the Midwest, art school, World War II, and being one of the first actors on TV! 

All 60
high-quality framed cartoon prints will be available for purchase, along with BINGO BANDWAGON books, DVDs, mugs, totes, tees, hats, aprons, mouse pads, magnets, and more!

Can't make the exhibit or reception?
Books and products may also be purchased online on this site (click on Store); for DVDs and framed cartoons, please contact (424) 216-6727. Paypal accepted!

Pacific Palisades Library, Community Room
861 Alma Real Dr.
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Regular Library Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday 10:00-5:30
Tuesday, Thursday 12:30-8:00
Friday 1:30-5:30
Closed Sunday


Directions: From Sunset Blvd. going west, turn left on La Cruz, then take the first left on Alma Real.
Questions? Call the Library at (310) 459-2754.


 PAST EVENT:

38 of Dad's cartoons are now on display at Brew N Beans, a Brentwood (Los Angeles) coffee shop, through the end of May.

These cute, funny and insightful cartoons run the gamut of categories from animals, Bingo, spirituality, money, technology, to workplace, sales, customer service, etc.

We will have a special Opening Reception this Sat., May 12th from 2:00-3:30 p.m. with refreshments, and will play the DVD of Dad giving his "life story" speech.

Come get a unique Mother's Day gift! If you're unable to make it, you can still shop online at:
www.zazzle.com/samlloyd*
 
Please stop by and have a look!

BREW N BEANS
11911 San Vicente Blvd. #148
LA 90049
(310) 471-0240
Look for Souplantation and Bank of America. Parking available under the building.

Regular hours:
Mon.-Fri. 7:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Sat. 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sun. Closed

Check back often to see upcoming events! If you wish to schedule an event or book-signing, please send an email request, with your preferred contact information, to:  bingbangboom@roadrunner.com.

http://www.brentwoodnewsonline.com/



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Poster from the Corona Public Library exhibit in Janary-March 2012.

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THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE

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PHOTO: The Press-Enterprise
An Enduring Character
10:00 PM PST on Wednesday, November 21, 2007

By JUAN SAUCEDO
The Press-Enterprise

Parky, a drawing of a kangaroo who picks up trash, is still at work 55 years after Lloyd Hutchinson created the character, but now the illustration can be found on the Web.

Hutchinson, 83, of Corona, entered the drawing in a contest to find a cleanup symbol for the Los Angeles Recreation and Park Department in 1952.

It was selected out of 450 entries. After the contest, Parky was remade by a graphic artist and put on trash cans, signs and billboards, Hutchinson said in a telephone interview. They even created a trash bag with the character on it.

Parky, a kangaroo who picks up trash, is still at work 55 years after Corona resident Lloyd Hutchinson, 83, created the character.

Parky says "Help keep your parks, roadsides and beaches clean."

"It was featured in 275 cities in the United States in the first year. In the next year, it was in many foreign countries including Canada," Hutchinson said.

Although the department retired Parky as a symbol more than three decades ago, the character has become popular in other states and foreign countries, he said.

"It's big all over the world, but it's really big in Kansas," Hutchinson said.

He said he found that Parky was still being used after he saw a blog on the Internet that was asking about the origins of the kangaroo.

David Church, the chief of traffic engineering at the Kansas Department of Transportation, said Parky signs were used in the rest areas near the state's highways to remind drivers to pick up after themselves, but it was discontinued 10 years ago.

There were about 35 signs when the Parky campaign was running in Kansas. Church said there might still be signs up because not all of them were taken down after the campaign.

"This was something we've used for years and years. We just felt that it had a good message," Church said in a telephone interview.

Hutchinson is glad the character he created all those years ago is still spreading its message, he said.

"I thought of all the possible clichés and finally I thought I had a winner with Parky," he said.

Hutchinson won a three-day trip for two to Mammoth Lake in the contest. He furnished his owned transportation.

The department later had a Parky song contest and awarded the winners a two-week vacation for two in Europe, he said.

"That made me mad and I wrote a complaint to the recreation department," he said.

Now Hutchinson is trying to get a legislator to endorse a bill in the Kansas Legislature to make Parky a national campaign symbol such as Smokey the Bear, he said.

Hutchinson, who was born in Maryville, Mo., has enjoyed drawing characters all his life. While he was growing up, he idolized the cartoon "Bringing Up Father" by George McManus, he said.

He drew for the Navy and Army recruiting department during World War II.

He also drew a monthly cartoon in the publication "The Bingo Bugle" for five years.

"Making the world a happier place through humor and cartoons, that's my ambition."

Reach Juan Saucedo at 951-893-2101 or jsaucedo@PE.com