With all things environmental taking center stage these days, I couldn’t help a bemused and ironic smile when I came across this old cartoon of mine the other day. Before Funky, I had done a strip for a local paper (God bless you Elyria Chronicle-Telegram) called Rapping Around, for which I created the above cartoon. It’s interesting to note where attitudes are some forty-six years down the road.

My junior high band director Harry Pfingsten passed away last Friday. Harry was an extraordinary director and man. ...