Creator of '殺到' comic （土地などの）細長い一片 発表するs 退職
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) ― Jerry Palen, creator of the "殺到" comic （土地などの）細長い一片 for more than 40 years, says he is retiring and will stop producing new 風刺漫画s on Jan. 1, 2016.
Palen, 73, 特記する／引用するd health and wanting to spend more time with family.
Palen, who lives in the small south-central Wyoming town of Saratoga, やめる his 職業 as a bank examiner in 1973 to start producing the comic （土地などの）細長い一片 that features a lovable 農業の couple, Flo and Elmo.
"殺到" became a 週刊誌 企業連合（する）d 風刺漫画 feature in both the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and Canada, reaching an audience of more than 2 million readers 経由で newspapers and magazines.
"存在 a 漫画家 is a wonderful 職業," Palen told the Casper 星／主役にする-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1Tu8LMu). "You go to work in your pajamas and you やめる in your pajamas."
But rheumatoid arthritis makes that difficult for him to produce the 風刺漫画 because his 手渡すs swell and the 薬／医学 he takes makes it hard to concentrate and stay awake.
Palen said the 重要な to his comic （土地などの）細長い一片 was listening to people he met in real life.
"'My wife did this today, or my husband did this today,' and I would 令状 it 負かす／撃墜する real 急速な／放蕩な and go home and draw a 風刺漫画 about it," Palen said. "That's the secret. Just listening to what people have to say, and listening to their stories. You can learn a lot just listening."
Palen a lso created bronze sculptures and oil 絵s.
He said he will continue making the popular "殺到" calendar.
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（警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） from: Casper (Wyo.) 星／主役にする-Tribune, http://www.trib.com
