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... Berkley Breathed ... whom I owe months and months
of thank yous .... You did such a wonderful job,
doing these illustrations ( for Secondhand Lions
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Berkley,
you may remember, did the Bloom County strip a number
of years ago, and he is my favourite cartoonist,
ever !
And
so ... we had no money to ... you know, these cartoons
needed to be great, they show Walter is successful,
they need to be good, and they should be whimsical
to really capture the show. I wrote Berkley the
biggest butt-kissing fan letter you ever read, and
he said, even though we had no money, he did these
for us out of the goodness of his heart, AND he
just did SUCH an amazing job....
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Legendary
cartoonist , Berkley Breathed , was persuaded by director
Tim McCanlies to come out of retirement to do a series
of cartoons which show how successful a cartoonist Walter
had grown up to become, his drawings fueled and inspired
by his adventures growing up on the farm with his uncles.
They showed how a timid, insecure boy had grown up to
be an artistic, confident man because , as the adult Walt
said himself , his uncles raised him , and raised him
well.
These
beautiful drawings by Berkley
Breathed are an important part of the film, and we
hope that you enjoy them.
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on each picture to supersize it.
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on each picture to supersize it.
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