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"Scott Brown was a nationally known cartoonist and proprietor of Brown's Drugstore and Soda Shop in Mansfield, Ohio, which served up ""the largest, coldest and best chocolate sodas on Route 30"" along with chuckles, gags, and checkers. Brown's cartoons appeared in Colliers, The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, and other magazines and newspapers from the 1930s to the 1970s. For the first time ever, Scott Brown's cartoons and stories, set within the context of his life, are presented in this full-color biography written by his grandson Chris Kuntz. Included are more than 130 images including beautifully detailed examples of his works from multiple private collections and museum archives-many that have never before been seen by the public."

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"Scott Brown: Cartoonist is not just a fascinating biography of a mid-twentieth century cartoonist deserving of wider acclaim, but it's also a heartfelt love letter to family and family history, a glimpse into the surprisingly vast world of Ohio cartooning tradition, and an exciting read full of everything from cats with gold teeth to weather-predicting turtles. -by Ben Towle, five-time Eisner-nominated cartoonist and Professor of Illustration at The Columbus College of Art and Design Scott Brown was a Mansfield native son who came of age in the Great Depression. He flavored the lives of generations of Mansfielders with cartoons and humor from behind the soda fountain of the family's drugstore on Helen Avenue. His work appeared in national magazines. But he also freely shared his humor about his neighbors and the interesting people around him, Mansfield people, with whoever walked through the shop door. Brown had a love of history, the humorous side of history. His grandson Christopher Kuntz has brought it all together with a huge sampling of Brown's illustrated humor alongside the history of his Ohio family. When Scott Brown's widow, Ann, prepared to move out of her home on Rae Avenue in Mansfield in 2002, she donated the cartoonist's lifetime accumulation of artwork and related material to several local museums. This made it possible now, twenty years later, for Kuntz to deliver about the most entertaining family history one could imagine. Kuntz took aim at understanding his Ohio ancestors in terms of the events and conditions that surrounded them. He conveys this from the time they came to the region after the War of 1812 up until his last memory of his grandfather in 1982. This parallels the lives of many of our pioneer families, told by someone who clearly sought and found his piece of Richland County history. -by Alan Wigton, President, Richland County Historical Society In Scott Brown: Cartoonist, Chris Kuntz traces the Brown family before immigrating to America, and presents their struggles and movement in Ohio. The story's star is his grandfather, Scott Brown, a genius cartoonist, artist, and weather predictor. A must-read for Brown descendants, and a great read for others who are not. -by Robert Carter, Ohio Historian and Author Scott Brown: Cartoonist is a great read....I loved the verbal pictures painted by author Chris Kuntz of life in Ohio during the 1800s through the mid-1900s as he traces the lineage of his grandfather, the subject of the book. The story of Chris' grandfather working in his small-town soda shop by day and drawing cartoons at night captures the essence of a bygone era-and of a unique individual....Scott Brown's first love was creating cartoons-and we have a front-row seat in watching him develop and hone his innate talent as the book progresses. The book is peppered with cartoons, collected from museums and family archives, that are enlightening and entertaining-a commentary on humor, politics, and everyday life from the perspective of a creative individual watching the foot traffic in his soda store....Chris Kuntz's writing flows beautifully and honors the memory of his grandfather in a wonderful manner....Kudos to Dr. Kuntz for sharing the story of an ""every-day man"" who was far from ordinary.... -by Major General Richard R. Paul"

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Christopher A. Kuntz, the grandson of Scott Brown, grew up in Indianapolis. He travelled west to Stanford University when he was 18. After graduating from Stanford, he taught high school physics and German until his late 20s. He then moved into medicine. He spent 25 years as an eye surgeon before branching out into other fields, including art and writing. Scott Brown: Cartoonist is his first book. With his lovely wife Alice, Kuntz enjoys woodworking, mushroom hunting, exploring the woods, eating wild foods, snorkeling, salsa dancing, and dinners with other couples.

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