{"id":98,"date":"2014-09-24T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T20:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=98"},"modified":"2016-07-07T15:18:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T19:18:59","slug":"drinking-with-hamsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/drinking-with-hamsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking With Hamsters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walfred Cybean\u00a0<\/strong>was an American cartoonist, whose work was featured in magazines like\u00a0The New Yooper\u00a0<\/em>from 1954 to 1969. At the time, Cybean’s doodler-style cartoons were seen as reductive and unpleasant by some readers [proof needed]<\/em>, for they typically displayed a drunken middle-aged man sharing a squalorous living space with an oversized hamster. So many of Cybean’s cartoons contained this theme, that a book compiling them was printed in 1970. Despite persistent rumors that Cybean died of alcohol poisoning and hamster-related injuries, his death came instead when he fell between the cars of a subway train.<\/p>\n

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Little is known of Cybean outside of his cartooning work. After his death, preparatory materials for a new book, titled\u00a0Drinking With Hamsters Again,\u00a0<\/em> were discovered on his desk by his landlord. In 1981, an attempt was made to mount a retrospective of Cybean’s cartoons, but fell through due to a general lack of details or interest [need proof here]<\/em>. First editions of\u00a0Drinking With Hamsters<\/em> are somewhat coveted by collectors and obscure cartoon enthusiasts, and have gone for dozens of dollars at online auctions [citation needed]<\/em>. Cybean had no family, and tended to keep to himself. It is not known whether he kept a hamster as a pet.<\/p>\n

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(source: Wikapedia, the free encyclopedia)<\/em><\/p>\n

Originally appeared on Mike the Pod, 4\/11\/10<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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