Comic Strip March 2021

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3/1/2021

## About This Story from the Author

I'm still looking for a good "Fixer-Upper". This story is about one I found in North Edwards, California. It is 4 bedroom, 2 bath on a 1/4 acre lot listed for $15,000. The owner did tell me the corner of the roof has some wind damage. But the satellite images show it to be a bit more than "some".

I still want it but another buyer beat me to it. I may still have a chance at it because it seams like he is having trouble coming up with the cash.

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## About This Story from the Author

I don't have a behind the scenes story for this issue at this time. Please check back at a later date.

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3/14/2021

## About This Story from the Author

Yes, I forgot it again just like Mouse!

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## About This Story from the Author

For those who don't know Sham Hock, he was a 12-foot-by-20-foot inflatable pig that marched in Ventura California's annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.

The origins of Sham Hock are mentioned in a March 13, 1990, Los Angeles Times article. The Times reported that former Ventura Mayor James L. Monahan, the grand marshal, will set the mood by carrying Paddy's Pig, a green-dyed piglet, as the parade travels south along Main to its final destination at Ash Street. The Times article added that the pig’s nontoxic coloring can easily be washed off. But naturally, Animal rights groups objected. The live green pig idea got replaced and the grand marshal carried a green toy pig instead.

For 1991 the parade committee raised $2,500 to buy a 25-foot inflatable green pig. But the generator that blows up the balloon stopped working and the pig deflated. Also for the 1991 parade, a name-the-pig contest tied with Sham Hock and Pig O’ My Heart as the winners.

Sham Hock appeared in several St. Patrick’s Day parades after that. But in March 25, 1998, City Councilman Brian Brennan announced that it was the last year of the giant green pig because civil rights organizations claimed it is a racial slur.

The Irish community and parade supporters were outraged by the announcement and demanded that Sham Hock march in the 1999 parade. Because The Irish Are Not Pansies! According to the Ventura County Star, Sham Hock marched in parades for 26 years. In 2015, the pig was stolen from a storage facility, but found in a crate on Ventura Boulevard in Ventura. In 2017, Sham Hock deflated again. This time, he was given a funeral procession to raise money for a replacement. In 2018, Sham Hock 2 appeared in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. And the tradition lives on!

Pig, portrayed by Miley Sowrus, returns in this story as Sham Hock once again to honor one of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories, "Green Eggs and Ham. I'm am glad this Dr. Seuss classic is not one that has been banded from future publication for racisms. What a terrible way to disgrace a great historical figure and an American author, cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker.

Pig makes his second appears with Lucky in his fifth story. Both join first time Guest Characters Uncle O'Grimacey, Keebler and Captain Cupcake. They are also favorites of mine so I'm sure they will be back too.

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3/22/2021

## About This Story from the Author

I don't have a behind the scenes story for this issue at this time. Please check back at a later date.

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3/29/2021

## About This Story from the Author

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