Charles Branum Barsotti - Artist Info

About Charles Branum Barsotti

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    Following is The New York Times obituary of Charles Barsotti.

    Charles Barsotti, Cartoonist With Humor Both Simple and Absurd, Dies at 80
    By WILLIAM YARDLEY
    JUNE 20, 2014

    Charles Barsotti, a cartoonist for The New Yorker whose jaded canines, outlaw snails and obtuse monarchs made readers laugh for more than 40 years, died on Monday at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was 80.

    The cause was brain cancer, his son, Michael, said.

    Mr. Barsotti made pasta talk. He drew hot dogs planning cookouts. His lines were spare and clean, whether drawn or written:

    An anxious-looking man emerges through clouds at heaven's gate, greeted by an amused St. Peter. "No, no, that's not a sin, either," St. Peter s...

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