# Happy Birthday Herblock! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 1999, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-herblock/9442 "1999-10-18T06:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-herblock/9442/1 "1999-10-18T06:05:00Z")
Herb Block, probably one of the best political cartoonist of our day celebrates his birthday this week! I believe it was him, Bill Watterson and Chuck Jones, who initiated my interest in drawing. He also was the man who originally got me interested in politica! * * * You can see his work here at: [http://www.wpni.com/wp-srv/politics/herblock/herblock.htm](http://www.wpni.com/wp-srv/politics/herblock/herblock.htm)[http://www.creators.com/editorial/edcompag/herblock.asp](http://www.creators.com/editorial/edcompag/herblock.asp) This is my Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share! * * * To lying, cheating, stealing, and drinking. Always **lie** to save a friend, **cheat** death, **steal** your love’s heart, and **drink** with good friends. —\*Madison Michele \* ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-herblock/9442/2 "1999-10-18T16:12:00Z")
Wow, how old is he? Hasn’t he been cartooning since the 1940’s? * * * Let every student of nature take this as a rule – that whatever his mind seizes and dwells upon with peculiar satisfaction is to be held in suspicion. - Francis Bacon