{"id":1754,"date":"2008-03-12T19:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2015-06-06T08:57:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T12:57:02","slug":"jim-mike-cartoons-i-liked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1754","title":{"rendered":"Jim &amp; Mike &amp; Cartoons I Liked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/R9hmBjuzKZI\/AAAAAAAABFg\/EG7LcLsNTog\/s1600-h\/z031208ivey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176999948619819410\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/R9hmBjuzKZI\/AAAAAAAABFg\/EG7LcLsNTog\/s400\/z031208ivey.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">One of my highlight&#8217;s from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MegaCon<\/span> was getting to spend a bit of time with<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> two old friends<\/span>. That&#8217;s <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jim Ivey <\/span>on the left and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mike Kott<\/span> on the right. I&#8217;ve known these guys for over<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> 30 years<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jim is an award-winning political cartoonist and founder of the original Cartoon Museum.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mike <\/span>is the founder and co-owner of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Intergalactic Trading Company<\/span>. Together they [along with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bill Black<\/span>] put on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">OrlandoCon<\/span>, one of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">best comic book conventions<\/span> you&#8217;d find anywhere. I knew them because of their respective business enterprises, but we became friends over countless hands and hours playing cards. I only get to see these guys about once a year now. But when we do see each other, it&#8217;s like the years melt away.<\/span><\/span>It&#8217;s hard to believe that I&#8217;m almost the age that<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Jim Ivey<\/span> was when we first met! And speaking of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jim Ivey<\/span>, he has a new book out called <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Cartoons That I Liked<\/span>. It features some of his favorite cartoons from the thousands that he did over the years. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <a style=\"color: #cc0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/content\/2019056\">It&#8217;s available as a or <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> $3.00 pdf download or $9.95 for the actual book<\/span>.<\/a><\/span> <a style=\"color: #cc0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/strippersguide.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/new-jim-ivey-book-published.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">You can even order one from Jim which will come autographed and with a sketch for $20.00.<\/span><\/a> If you&#8217;re at all interested in political cartoons, then I&#8217;d appeciate it if you&#8217;d order a copy. The pdf is a steal at three bucks and getting the autographed copy at $20 is a bargain. If you order a copy from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jim<\/span>, please tell him I sent you his way. Who knows, I may need some goodwill from him should we ever get into another poker game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my highlight&#8217;s from MegaCon was getting to spend a bit of time with two old friends. 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