The large intro panel (which some subscribing newspapers print and some don’t, I suppose) is magnificent. Before the Elderberries start debating whether the life of a cartoonist is Easy Street, we see a color Sunday comic page … topped off by “Elderberries … by Corey Pandolph”. Could that be ambition, jealousy, wishful thinking, or just a prank to slip one past the Syndication Censors? Sure, Phil Frank earned his own credits, some of us notice that but by now it could well be Corey’s name up there. Seeing it actually happen on the strip-within-a-strip is pretty cool. Then, the s-w-a-s goes on to feature Krinkles (who manages to say “And how!” repeatedly), a punked-out teen in something called “Acne” who looks vaguely reminiscent of someone I’ve seen, and perhaps over at the margin an even more beloved canine character of our acquaintance …

A triumph that really made my day. Thanks!