The cartoonist George Booth, who died this week, at 96, was a man who took in life, drew it up, and then laughed and laughed.
, in 1969. Editors would come skulking into the boss’s office, begging for deadline extensions, only to be bawled out. Booth, meanwhile, was in there because he liked to take naps on the boss’s couch, and to enjoy the show.
Booth, who died this week, at ninety-six , was a man who took in life, drew it up, and then laughed and laughed. A brief biography: He was born in the boonies of Missouri, a Depression-era kid with teachers for parents, who passed on to him their cheeky sense of humor. Ma called Pa Billy, Pa called her Bill, the boys called her Maw Maw;know her best as her cartoon avatar, Mrs. Ritterhouse, who contractually could appear only in the pages of.
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