ZUKES! (Comics About Zucchini)

FEATURED COMICS:

More artwork coming soon…

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POSTERS:

For process pics & alternate drafts, see:
Zucchini Poster Designs #1➡️ | #2+#3➡️

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GRAPHICS:

Variations & Drafts…
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SOURCES:

ZUKES in the MEDIA:

• CSM: “The day the ‘zukes’ invaded New Hampshire” (1982)
  “They came from as far away as Pennsylvania – in cars, pickup trucks, some even walked . . . and they were all loaded with zucchinis. Millions of zucchinis. From the Zucchini Parade to the crowning of Ms. Zucchini and the Zuke of Earl , the tiny New Hampshire town of Harrisville (pop. 800) recently hosted the first International Zucchini Festival. … The festival was masterminded by Harrisville resident Chick Colony to raise money for the private Harrisville School, and raise money it did – some $4,000 from the estimated 2,200 people who attended. But the festival also served the grander purpose of…”
• UPI: “Gad zukes!” (1983)
  “HARRISVILLE, N.H. — Neglected in art, history and literature, the humble zucchini was acclaimed by 3,000 to 5,000 zealots who paid homage to the green squash in song, skit and prose. They gathered in Harrisville, population 901, Saturday for the second International Zucchini Festival.”
• CSM: “ZUCCHINI: the irrepressible squash” (1984)
  “[C]onsider the International Zucchini Festival held each year in Harrisville, N. H. Here, along with awards for recipes using the lovable squash, there appeared a ‘zukelele’ in the Best Musical Instrument Made From a Vegetable category…”
• UPI: “Gadzukes! Zucchini gains international fame” (1985)
• UPI: “Zucchini’s day in the sun” (1986)
• Keene Sentinel: “The legacy of Harrisville’s zucchini fest lives on” (2012)

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