Eldon Dedini
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Eldon Dedini (June 29, 1921 – January 12, 2006) was a cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, and elsewhere. He received the National Cartoonists Society Gag Cartoon Award for 1958, 1961, 1964, and 1988 for his work.
Fantagraphics Books published a collection of his work, An Orgy of Playboy's Dedini, ISBN 1-56097-727-2 in 2006. The book is bundled with a documentary "Dedini: A life of Cartoons" by Anson Musselman.
Dedini's hometown of Salinas, California, hosted an exhibition of his work, Broccoli & Babes: The Cartoons and Posters of Eldon Dedini, which ran from November 4, 2005 until January 20, 2006 at the Sasoontsi Gallery.
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- Flog! Fantagraphics Weblog archives Accessed January 14, 2006
- New York Times report of death Accessed January 14, 2006
- Monterey Herald obituary Accessed January 14, 2006