For a period of about 50 years, many of America's top cartoonists and illustrators lived within a stone's throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut.

Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group -- Prince Valiant, Superman, Beetle Bailey, Hägar the Horrible, Hi and Lois, Nancy, The Wizard of Id, Family Circus... I could keep going.

This hour, a look at the funny pages, and at Connecticut's cartoon county.

GUESTS:
Bill Griffith - The creator and author of the daily comic strip Zippy
Henry McNulty - A writer and editor who worked for the Hartford Courant for more than 25 years
Cullen Murphy - Editor-at-large for Vanity Fair and the author of Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe

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Colin McEnroe, Kevin MacDermott, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired January 11, 2018.

For a period of about 50 years, many of America's top cartoonists and illustrators lived within a stone's throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut.
Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group --&nbsp;Prince Valiant,&nbsp;Superman,&nbsp;Beetle Bailey,&nbsp;H&auml;gar the Horrible,&nbsp;Hi and Lois,&nbsp;Nancy,&nbsp;The Wizard of Id,&nbsp;Family Circus... I could keep going.
This hour, a look at the funny pages, and at Connecticut's cartoon county.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Bill Griffith&nbsp;- The creator and author of the daily comic strip&nbsp;Zippy</li>
<li>Henry McNulty&nbsp;- A writer and editor who worked for the&nbsp;Hartford Courant&nbsp;for more than 25 years</li>
<li>Cullen Murphy&nbsp;- Editor-at-large for&nbsp;Vanity Fair&nbsp;and the author of&nbsp;Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe</li>
</ul>
Join the conversation on&nbsp;<a href="http://facebook.com/ColinMcShow">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/wnprcolin">Twitter</a>.
Colin McEnroe, Kevin MacDermott, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired January 11, 2018.

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