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After 50 years, Dennis is still a menace.(The Dallas Morning News)
Hank Ketcham has had 50 years, but all he's ever needed is 10 seconds.
The creator of Dennis the Menace knows that the purpose of his single-panel cartoon, which is in its 50th year, is to provide quick-hit entertainment that no one is likely to linger over.
His objective is for the reader to be able to "look at it and get out in 10 seconds and not be confused ... so he has to keep it focused."
Unlike the ever-precocious, 5 {-year-old subject of his cartoon, Ketcham has been able to maintain his focus on a character whose popularity has spread to books, TV (human and animated) and films. But like most kids, a lot of things grab Ketcham's attention.
Several years ago, he decided to follow more of those urges, most of them having to do with his true love, painting. He turned over the artistic and production duties of Dennis to other cartoonists (like many colleagues, he has long used writers for the feature) so he could spend more time with his brushes and easels at his home in Pebble Beach, Calif.
The June issue of Art & Antiques magazine features his work, which includes a series of portraits he did as a tribute to the legends of cartooning.
"He's a very creative person who wants to be doing something constantly," says Marcus Hamilton, 57, who draws the daily Dennis cartoons.
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