Comments on: George Sprott (1894-1975)

By: mikefoster

mikefoster — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:50:54 +0000

Gotta be George Pierrot from Detroit TV. They also had movie hosts Rita Bell and George Kennedy and, of course, Bozo the Clown – they have fictional characters mentioned in the Sprott saga. Seth must have spent some time watching good old junk TV.

By: kaufmana

kaufmana — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:37:01 +0000

Beautifully done and quite intriquing. It was the first thing I went to in the Sunday NY Times Magaine for months. I was sad to see it finally conclude this week.
I would take each week’s installment and read it over and over again on the subway ride to work. The artwork and the characters really affected me.

By: kaufmana

kaufmana — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:36:55 +0000

By: wordslinger

wordslinger — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:52:03 +0000

Count me in as another person hooked by the melancholy Sprott saga. I was flipping through the Times magazine a few months ago and just stumbled across the installment where George is riding in a cab on the last day of his life, thinking back 40 years to the first time he saw an iceberg. I had to go back and find the previous installments and have kept up ever since. A remarkable work.

By: Ultimattfrisbee

Ultimattfrisbee — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:40:04 +0000

DKB also could have written my thoughts. George Sprott is so real, sweet, sad and, for me, very compelling. I’m not a graphic novel reader, but I’m definitely planning on getting ahold of “Clyde Fans” and “Wimbledon Green” soon, as I’ve definitely become a Seth fan.

By: paulT

paulT — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:11:30 +0000

dkb echoes my thoughts. is there any chance that seth would share with us his inspiration in creating george sprott?
george is a mirror of life that comes more sharply into focus as you move into the twilight years.
seth,enlighten us!
thank you

By: DKB

DKB — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:33:30 +0000

I have to admit that I am hooked on George Sprott. I can’t put my finger on it, but I immediately go to the magazine every Sunday to read it. It is quite intriguing, dark, and totally life. I have not been this hooked on a serial in a long time. I dig Seth.

By: John Ford

John Ford — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:03:21 +0000

I watched George Pierrot when I was a kid in Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. After about 3 or 4 episodes of George Sprott, I also started to wonder if it was inspired by George Pierrot. Especially since Seth is Canadian and (I believe) from southern Ontario.

By: nyd_central

nyd_central — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:24:33 +0000

My take is that the origin of George Sprott is local Detroit TV personality George F. Pierrot, who hosted a travel show five afternoons a week in the 60s and early 70s. There is incredibly little information on him on the internet and only one picture that I could find of George Pierrot, see the link below about half way down the web page. If anyone can confirm Mr. Pierrot as the model for George Sprott that would be great.

http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=25&category=life

By: james Sprott

james Sprott — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:18:20 +0000

I am very curious about the origins of the strip because of the last name
James Sprott

By: Shawn Richter

Shawn Richter — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:39:38 +0000

I wasn’t sure if you were joking there, Heidi. ‘Cause, I immediately thought, “Well, jeez, that looks a lot like Wimbeldon Green, so it must be Seth…”, but you know, I figured you knew that. Made me look though… :)

By: Tim Hamilton

Tim Hamilton — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:16:33 +0000

Nice see you laughing for a change Chip!

Tim H.

By: Chippington Zdarsky

Chippington Zdarsky — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:20:16 +0000

“by an artist whose style we can’t immediately recognize. Is it…Steve McNiven?”

L O fuckin’ L.
I heart you.
-chip.