by BRIAN GREGG.
~ Hreald Editor .
TERRACE—. “What's
Gomer up to now?” .
On page two of the May 25
issue of the Herald there.
was something called a
' - Goiniergram that told the
story of Victoria: Day. it
was a word search puzzle
that even had-a-picture of |
one of. Gomer’ 8 Toyal:
“relatives, =.
Gomer made his mark in |
1981 during his. short-lived |
_ career in the | Herald .
bringing into sharp ' focus -
the pleture of local’ and
world “news : throyghr, his
barbed wil. He‘and Hanson .
- delighted readers. as: they’
- discussed the pros of cons of
events that shape life, love, |
liberty and’ the pursuit: of

laughter, not necessarily in ©

that order. oo
Now at last the truth can

comeout, Gomer is‘really -
Roger Davis who, with his.

- brother John, is embarking
.on a new venture that will
make all. three Tich and‘
famous.- .
“Gomer is the best thing
since Smurfs,’ says John.

_ realized the idea was worth

marketing and needed to be
copyrighted. There was

also the problem of turning .

one out a day” without a.
computer. © see

’ When John ‘moved ‘to
Terrace. -is brother was

_ already here producing -

Gomer .. cartoons for the
Herald. When they began
‘working. together;

Ro" -

ger. teaching John how to .

oe the computer and John —

* teaching Roger how to draw

‘better, the results. were:

Gomergrams. —

. Now their history. book is

‘full of Gomers. Sir. Winston
Gomer,” Julius Gomer,

“George Washington. Gomer ;

(on Mount Rushmore), Joe
Who Gomer, Gomer Lisa,

_ete. After the Queen... Vic- °

‘toria Gomergrain appeared:
- in the Herald they received

’ several phone calls xrom
readers who gave their
criticisms.

. “The ideas were so good
we modified things a little,
“otherwise we'd be offering
more to readers sooner,”
says John. Gomergrams
Will run for a week starting

“John does brilliant word |. yionday, June 7 with a

grams but I don't know why
‘he wants to ruin them with ,

Gomer," says Roger with |

. true sibling rivalry,
“The things I like ‘he
doesn't like, and. the things
"he likes [ don't like,” they
say. “What better way to
make money," ,
The unique thing for beth

of them is. that Roger, who"

. , draws Gomer, slarted out in
“computer programming - -
while . John,

. programmed the computer”. °

for the Gomergrama, was
the cartconist. '-‘The roles
became reversed when ‘we
taught each other what we’

special children’s
Gomergram in next week's
entertainment-guide... ;

mine=... We are both

convinced that had we done.

this in Kitimat, however,

+ we'd be wealthy. by now,” .

says Roger.
; “Take off,” "says John,

vo

who el

| Gossip.

_knew about what we were

doing.. Now I know more
~ about computers and Roger

draws. the cartoons,” says

John. 4 .
“Both brothers say they.
have a chemistry that

_ -works:—--"I...win - call. the... : without. talking. dirty: ae

arguments,” ‘says John, -
while. Roger shakes - hig.
head,
magic.” :
_ * John, who is 10: years
- older than Roger, detesis
ordinary word search
puzzles and decided that if ”
they tolda story it would be .
- more interesting. He used
. the word:search concept to —
solve the cases of Inspector
Horatio: Upright, Clues ~
‘ were given and the: reader
“searched for the-solution, -
_ The Toronto Sunday Star
._. offered to pay John $100 a.
week, for’ the: > puazle k but he ~

It's "dust. like .

Q. We just saw Richard .

_ “We're. sitting on a gold

Pryor’s latest movie, ;

“**Live on the Sunset Strip,”

and ‘were turned.off by all"

the bad language-he uses..
‘Can Pryor be funny,

“CAk |

A. Ves he can, a8 his .

_many. hilarious TV
appearances ‘confirm. In
movie versions of his con-
cert act, Pryor relies on

- more incisive —.and blunt

— verbal instruments. to
make his comedic points.

And, Pryor. cusses a-lot in .

“private; too. Happy to
report his next movie, a
“vemake of an old French

.film ''The Toy". co-..

_ Starring Jackie Gleason, is

‘destined for a clean PG. -
'- Fating — meaning Richard: -

will have: to. ‘sanitize his’

verbal act, It promises. to.

“be clean, and funny. .

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