One of the fastest-growing comic strips in syndication is Brian Crane’s Pickles, now in over 800 newspapers, including the Lawrence Journal-World. The strip depicts Earl and Opal Pickles and follows ...

Meet Earl and Opal Pickles. They’ve been married for more than 50 years and after all these years of togetherness, their daily conversations go like this: Earl to his dog Roscoe: Actually, I’ve been ...

Brian Crane felt like he didn't really have anything to say about life and the world until after he turned 40. He knew he could draw, he loved art, but never imagined himself ending up where he is ...

When cartoonist Brian Crane started his ”Pickles” comic strip, he was 40, much younger than his main characters, a wily, white-haired couple named Earl and Opal. Now, at 60, Crane feels a bit closer ...

There’s nothing funny about trying to make a mark in the competitive field of cartoon and comic strip work, and Brian Crane remembers nearly giving up the dream. "I submitted my work to three ...

Brian Crane jokes that people write him and ask how he knows so much about them. “They wonder, ‘Where is the hidden camera?’ ” says Crane, who has drawn the “Pickles” comic strip for 30 years. “How do ...

America's favorite grandparents are celebrating their 30th anniversary this week. Sparks-based comic Brian Crane first published the comic strip "Pickles" on April 2, 1990 in about two dozen papers, ...

This week, “Pickles,” left, and “Soup to Nutz” join The Herald’s complement of daily comic strips. Washington Post/Universal The Herald this week is adding two strips to its comics page ...

Will Carsola (Funny or Die Presents) is best known for creating the Mr. Pickles series on Adult Swim. The show was such a hit, that as soon as it came to a close, a spin-off series was already ...

The first email came in at 6:38 a.m. on Sunday. “To Whom it May Concern, “I'm one of the older members of the increasingly smaller number of folks who still cherish the opportunity to actually hold ...