Pickles (comic strip)

As of 2016, Pickles was syndicated in close to 1,000 newspapers worldwide. In 2022, Pickles moved syndicates from The Washington Post Writers Group (which had previously announced it was shutting down its comic strip business) to Andrews McMeel Syndication. ==Story and characters==

Inspired by Crane's in-laws, Opal Pickles also wears glasses and is often seen wearing purple polka-dotted dresses and white sneakers. She is "a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, Red Hat Lady and cat servant." Nelson Wolfe; Nelson's mother and stepfather their daughter, Sylvia, and her husband, Dan, a wildlife photographer; Roscoe and Muffin are depicted with thought balloons (like Snoopy or Garfield) to express their personal views whenever they observe the daily routines of their humans or other incidents. In the foreword to one of Crane's Pickles books, Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic, stated, "I think it would be very comforting to have Earl and Opal for neighbors." ==Awards and honors==

• In 2001, Pickles was named best newspaper comic strip of the year by the National Cartoonists Society. • In 2013, Brian Crane shared the Reuben Award with Rick Kirkman. ==Bibliography==