Brian Crane
Brian Crane is an American cartoonist who created Pickles, a comic strip featuring a retired couple, Earl and Opal Pickles, their family, and their family pets, Muffin (cat) and Roscoe (dog). Crane was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, but was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. According to his mother, Crane began drawing at an young age and had hopes to become a comic strip artist when he was older.
Brian Crane
- Birth Name
- Brian Crane
- Birthplace
- Twin Falls, Idaho, U.S.
- Nationality
- American
- Awards
- Inkpot Award (2014)
- Born
- 1949 · Twin Falls.
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Education
- Brigham Young University
- Honours
- Inkpot Award · Reuben Award
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Brian Crane is an American cartoonist who created Pickles, a comic strip featuring a retired couple, Earl and Opal Pickles, their family, and their family pets, Muffin (cat) and Roscoe (dog). Crane was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, but was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. According to his mother, Crane began drawing at an young age and had hopes to become a comic strip artist when he was older.
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Biography
Reminiscing about his childhood dream of being a comic strip artist, Crane decided to look into the syndication process by reading Mort Walker's autobiography. "I figured it was a better midlife option than buying a red Ferrari," Crane said. Crane eventually created Pickles, which has seen success since its creation in 1990.
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Key facts
• Birth Name — Brian Crane • Birthplace — Twin Falls, Idaho, U.S. • Nationality — American • Cartoonist — y • Writer — y • Awards — Inkpot Award (2014) • Website — https: www.picklescomic.com
Career
Career
Pickles was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group in 1990 and today appears in nearly 1,000 newspapers around the world. In 2001, it was awarded the prize for Best Comic Strip by the National Cartoonist Society. In 2005 and 2011, he was a nominee for Cartoonist of the Year by the same group. In 2013, he won the Reuben award for cartoonist of the year from the National Cartoonists Society (NCS). Crane creates Pickles by hand from a studio in his home in Sparks, Nevada. His daughter Emily colors the daily and Sunday strips for him.
Personal life
Personal life
Crane married his college sweetheart, Diana Long, and they have seven children. He is a member of the LDS Church and occasionally draws the church's temples or periodicals as background props in the Pickles comic strip. Crane lives in Sparks, Nevada.
Identity
Identity
Brian Crane is recorded as having received Inkpot Award and Reuben Award.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1949
Brian Crane born at Twin Falls.
Awards
He received the NCS Newspaper Comic Strip Award for 2001 for his work on the strip. In 2013, in a tie with Baby Blues co-creator Rick Kirkman, Crane received cartooning’s highest honor, the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year, for Pickles.
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- 1.Inkpot Award
- 2.Smith, Andy. "For creator, ‘Pickles’ satisfied craving; comic strip debuts in Journal", Providence Journal, 17 January 2016. Retrieved on 10 March 2020.
- 3.Brian Crane. picklescomic.com. December 28, 2022.
- 4.Winters, Charlene Renberg. "The Art of Making Pickles", BYU Magazine, 2011. Retrieved on 10 March 2020.
- 5.Flynn, Anne-Gerard. "Cartoonist Brian Crane's popular 'Pickles' family joins The Republican", The Republican, 1 April 2020. Retrieved on 10 March 2020.
- 6.reports, Reno Gazette Journal staff. Brian Crane's 'Pickles': 'I drew heavily (pardon the pun) on my own grandparents'. Reno Gazette Journal.
- 7.Team, 2 News Nevada Digital. Creator of popular comic strip Pickles visits Carson City School. 2 News Nevada. 2025-02-02.
- 8.National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Comic Strip Awards
- 9.Cavna, Michael. "‘PICKLES’ ’ BIG WIN: Creator Brian Crane reflects on inspiration, affirmation — and almost letting his dream die in his desk", The Washington Post, 28 May 2013. Retrieved on 10 March 2020.
- 10.Shill, Aaron. LDS cartoonist enjoys life with "Pickles". Mormon Times. 2008-03-11.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Pickles (Taylor Trade Publishing, October 25, 1999, )
- Pickles, Too: The Older I Get, the Better I Was (Taylor Trade Publishing, 1999)
- Still Pickled After All These Years (Andrews McMeel Publishing, April 2004, )
- Let’s Get Pickled (Andrews McMeel Publishing, October 1, 2006, )
- How Come I Always Get Blamed for the Things I Do? (Baobab Press, 2010, )
- Oh, Sure! Blame It on the Dog! (Baobab Press, October 8, 2013, )
- 25 Years of Pickles (Baobab Press, 2015, )
- Grampa, Will You Tell Me a Story? (Baobab Press, 2018)
- Pickles Tails (Baobab Press, July 2020)
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